Man, I totally, totally feel your pain. The word addicting annoys the hell out of me.

And then I found that it actually is a word

I try not to be nazified when it comes to language anymore though. I mean yeah, rules are there to facilitate communication, but 1) as long as communication is successful, that's good enough and 2) if the rules were adhered to as rigidly as some would like, language would never evolve.

Can't stand when Brits call a TV show's season a series. And use the same word the same way Americans do as well. People! There are two different words for two different things! USE THEM!