Its a room

When did the word room get replaced with the utterly pretentious and overblown word space?

A substitute teacher entered my classroom a couple days ago and said, "This is a great space. Your students are a lucky bunch."

"It's not a space," I said. "It's a classroom."

Someone came to our house for the first time a few weeks ago and said, "This space has a lot of potential," referencing the under-furnished section of our home that we refer to as the living room.

I hear brides and grooms...