Every year Lake Superior State University puts out a list of banished words. These are words that are worthy of being retired from the Queen's English due to their overuse or misuse, as the case may be.
Here are the highlights:
SHOVEL-READY
TRANSPARENT/TRANSPARENCY
CZAR
TWEET
APP
SEXTING
The use of "FRIEND" as a verb
TEACHABLE MOMENT
IN THESE ECONOMIC TIMES...
STIMULUS
TOXIC ASSETS
TOO BIG TO FAIL
BROMANCE
CHILLAXIN'
Any word derived from using OBAMA as a prefix or root
More information is available at: http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
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