So is anyone else aggravated by the use (ever since the Arab Spring coverage started) of "ouster" instead of "ousting"? how the heck do so many progressionals screw this up systematically?
"For the sense of ouster meaning ejection or dispossession, the Oxford English Dictionary lists British examples from more than two centuries before the United States was founded. And for the sense defined as the removal of a politician or regime from power, the earliest examples are likewise British. The first was published in 1782."
Gotta be careful when playing language pedant!
See also https://billbennett.co.nz/2009/09/01/writing-warning/
I think 'to be a nitpicker' is one of those irregular verbs: I am a purist, you are a pedant, they are a bunch of nitpickers.