Cheers

I understand that language evolves; Little Cuter took History Of The English Language (HOTEL) after all.  I was an enthusiastic adopter of Ms (notice - no period).  I'm squeamish about using third person plural to refer to a singular human being, but I'm getting used to it.  

But. 

Something is going missing, something that used to make me smile, and there's nothing I can do to stop it.  Allow me to rant for a moment.

After dinner, someone used to stand and say:

Let's raise our glasses for a toast.  Here's to a wonderful whatever we're celebrating. CHEERS!

 For more than just recently, though, I hear this:

Let's cheers.  Raise your glasses.  Cheers to that wonderful whatever.

The old version lets you join in a rousing huzzah.  The new one leaves you hanging, raising your glass a little higher and smiling a little wider.

It's a tiny little thing, like giving up gay as a synonym for lighthearted. 

Still, it rankles.