Idiosyncrasy is the new plethora

For the first 2+ weeks, idiosyncrasy seems to be in the lead for most popular word at law school (putting aside technical terms such as "memo," "fact pattern," and "issue spotting").   Professors seem fond of the term, which makes sense when considering the peculiarities  of decisions, theories, etc., but is somewhat ironic on an individual level, given the relative uniformity of the 1L experience.