Just a random thought since it's related to popular terms/slang, I'm noticing that accusing someone of not employing "critical thinking" is becoming very common on social networks among those that probably/clearly does not even know what it means, not talking about you obviously. Personally I'm forcing myself to phrase that in some other way lately, I wonder if I'm the only one that noticed this trend.
I don't know exactly what it means either. Really I just mean "thought" and "critical" is an intensifier in this comment.
Yep that too (source: has friends who use the term in many different contexts)