I <***~~HATE~~***> that phrase!!!!!

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'Gone missing', 'went missing' and other variations.

Things and people don't 'go missing'. They vanish, disappear, get lost, etc. They may get 'reported missing' or 'reported as missing' however.
 
People don't vanish: there are no alien abductions.
The Goldberg variations are beautiful
 
I think you are confused about the use of tenses in English. Jimmy Hoffa went missing some time back. At the time, he may have vanished. Then again, maybe my class is just a tad bit more educated than a board full of white-trash yokels.
 
'Gone missing', 'went missing' and other variations.

Things and people don't 'go missing'. They vanish, disappear, get lost, etc. They may get 'reported missing' or 'reported as missing' however.
Come on, English is fun.

Folks went to Hoffa's house and found him gone.
 
They wouldn't know he was gone unless the front door was kicked in and there was a half-eaten breakfast or if there was pile of mail behind the front door, otherwise they would think he was out. I suspect there is a protocol to decide when someone is 'missing' and then if they have 'gone missing' or been 'abducted by aliens'. Personally I hate 'abducted by aliens' and 'B-52 lands on moon' more than 'probably missing' and al. MIA is still used - does that raise the ire of the OP?
 
Hoffa went missing into a concrete mixer.

My cat went missing when she was abducted by humans.

Whoopi Goldberg was not abducted by aliens; she's always been like that.

It's not the alien abductions that hurt; it's the anal probes.

Cattle want the be mutilated by aliens.

Meanwhile, the Nazi bases in Antarctica and Luna have gone silent. What went wrong? I blame Obama, Pelosi, Soros, and Lady Gaga. It's all so obvious. Where's that pineapple?
 
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