Hugh:
I think you can use a more specific word than {Doch} for “matter” here. The newer glosses of “topic, subject, theme” for {meq} would seem appropriate.
I've totally forgotten about this.. Indeed, {meq} would be a good choice. SuStel:
Soj is not slang, it's just idiomatic
This is something I always had trouble understanding.. Slang can't be used in formal speech; but can someone use idioms in formal speech, passages, etc ? voragh:
Depending on the nature of the “matter” we also have: ghu' situation, proposal (PB) wanI' phenomenon, event, occurrence, effect (qepHom 2016)
I've been often using {ghu'} and {wanI'}, however there are times something else is called for. I can't think of specific examples right now, but there are times I need some other "shade" of these words. Perhaps in order to say something like "I love you for the things you do".. I know, that there are ways to rephrase, but I think it would be good, to have the option to use {Doch} too. I agree though, that overusing {Doch} or any other word, can irritate the reader/listener, and doing so should be avoided. ~ mayqel qunen'oS