center around vs center on, revolve around :

center around or center on revolve around

Two perfectly good expressions—“center on” and “revolve around”—get conflated in this nonsensical neologism. When a speaker says his address will “center around the topic of” whatever, my interest level plummets.

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  • WWE Payback 2013 Belonged to AJ Lee and Kaitlyn
    Much of the talk about WWE Payback 2013 is sure to center around the night's intense Divas Championship match between AJ Lee and Kaitlyn. The inaugural edition of WWE's newest pay-per-view event featured another great battle between Chris Jericho and CM Punk, a slickly done double turn and a vicious Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE title, but it was the women who told the best story on ...
    June 17, 2013 - Bleacher Report