Except for the past few weeks, I've listened to all of Hanselman's Hansel Minutes podcasts, started in summer 2014 and got current about a year ago. Interesting content while driving in my opinion.

Anyway, he uses the term fairly regularly as a way of grounding discussions when they drift toward the-newest-shinyest or what-the-cool-kids-use. I think it's a helpful construct when thinking about "what should I use" since the best answer usually isn't React Native.