Banned words! / myLot

Malaysia

January 2, 2008 11:21am CST

lake Superior State University has banned the following words: • perfect storm • Webinar • waterboarding • organic • wordsmith/wordsmithing • author/authored • post 9/11 • surge • give back • 'blank' is the new 'blank' • Black Friday • back in the day • random • sweet • decimate • emotional • pop • It is what it is • under the bus "Those are two of the 19 words or phrases that appear in Lake Superior State University's annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness. The school in Michigan's Upper Peninsula released its 33rd list Monday, selecting from about 2,000 nominations." Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-12-31-banned-words_N.htm

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cher913

@cher913 (25781)

• Canada

2 Jan 08

really, whats the point of banning words? do they just do this for fun? or because of over use? language changes over time and i concur that some of the older words should return, but not to the point of banning current ones.

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shakeroo

@shakeroo (3986)

• Malaysia

3 Jan 08

I seriously have no idea what's the point of this exercise...

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