I suppose it’s a common Mom-ism—at the very least, my mother Momized me with it enough times over the years: “Stop your crying or I’ll give you something to cry about.”
Herein, I’m going to Momize a few persnickitors. When they whine about the use of certain words, you can give them something further to whine about. It’s somewhat of a game of “Well, if you’re going to play by those rules, let’s follow them to their logical conclusion.” In other words, we are here going to fully exercise to the fun game of Xtreme Etymological Stasis (which, to reiterate, is abbreviated XeS and pronounced “excess”).