'So...' what?

This is not a political observation, for a change, but... since when did Americans start ending every declarative sentence with "so" + ellipsis? Have you noticed this too? Thankfully, I'm not the only one.

As in, "They've really been flaring up lately but the Preparation-H seems to be helping, so...."

Or, "She's never said anything about it but she looks like Peppermint Patty and idolizes Melissa Etheridge, so...."

Are Americans becoming too spineless to say what they really mean?

Folks, stop trailing off! "So..." is not a punctuation mark.

Here is a proper declarative statement: "Anthony's [Weiner's Twitter] accounts were obviously hacked." Period. No question. End of story.

(OK, so maybe that was a little bit political.)