Lake Superior State University 2008 list of banished words

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*** This year, in a gesture of humanitarian relief, the panel revived "truthiness" on the prohibited list last year, in the form of use. This comes after comedians and late into the night, guests were thrown under the bus and muted by a professional country's writers strike. The silence is deafening .***

PERFECT STORM - "Overused by experts on television in the evening to signify almost any coincidence." -- Lynn Allen, Warren, Michigan.

"I read that" Ontario is a perfect storm ", in reference to a report on the levels of pollution in the Great Lakes. Ontario is the name of one of the lakes and a Canadian province. This guy would have me believe it's a hurricane. It's time for "perfect storm" for the rain. "- Bob Smith, DeWitt, Michigan.

"Hands off titles of books cheap as descriptors!" -- David Hollis, Hamilton, New York.

WEBINAR - A seminar on the web on all sorts of subjects.
"Ouch! It hurts my brain. Must be crushed immediately before it spreads." -- Carol, Lams, Michigan.

"Another word not trying to worm its way into the English language because of the Internet. It belongs to the same school of non-thought, that brought us ei-anything and everything." -- Scott Lassiter, in Houston, Texas.

WATERBOARDING - "Let's banish" waterboarding "on the beach, where he belongs to boogie boards and surfboards." -- Patrick K. Egan, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

ORGANIC - Overused and poorly used to describe not only food, but computer products or human behaviour, and often used when describing something "natural," says Crystal Giordano from Brooklyn, New York. Another gadget advertising to make things sound better than they really are, according to Rick DeVan of Willoughby, Ohio, who said he had heard allegations such as "My business is organic," and computers with " Organic software. "

"Things have gone too far when they begin marketing T-shirts as organic." - Michelle Fitzpatrick, St. Petersburg, Florida.

"Organic" is used to describe everything from shampoo to the meat. Banishment! Mal used! "- Susan Clark, Bristol, Maine.

"The possibility of a food are inorganic, ie, not to be composed of carbon atoms, is void." -- John Gomila, New Orleans, Louisiana.

"You see the word 'organic' written on everything from cereal to the dog." -- Michael, Sacramento, California.

"I am tired of natural food stores sell products they claim are organic. All the food we eat is organic!" -- Chad Jacobson, Park Falls, Wisconsin.

WORDSMITH / WORDSMITHING - "I have never read anything created by a writer - or via wordsmithing - which was pleasant to read." - Emily Kissane, St. Paul, Minnesota.

AUTHOR / AUTHORED - "In one of the former TV commentator Edwin Newman's books, he wondered whether it would not be correct to say that someone is' paintered" a picture? "- Dorothy Betzweiser, Cincinnati, Ohio.

POST 9 / 11 - "Our post-9/11 world," is used today, and probably most used, as AD, BC, or Y2K, time references. You'd think the United States' have no jet fighters, nuclear bombs, and the secret agents, and even less electricity, "pre-9/11". "- Chazz Miner, Midland, Michigan.

SURGE - "Surge" is a reference to an enhancement of military capabilities. Give me the old days, when he referenced storms and power. " -- Michael F. Raczko, Swanton, Ohio.

"Do I even have to say this, I can not be the first to propose… he put online. From Iraq to Wall Street, weather - 'thrust' should really growing. " -- Mike Lara, Colorado.

"The word is out in the context of increasing the number of troops in Iraq. Can be used to explain the expansion of a lot of things (I have a thrust of my waist) and its use will grow out of control… The new Chevy Surge, Just living space! "- Eric McMillan, Mentor, Ohio.

GIVING BACK - "This sentence is oleaginous urgent submission to the list in 2008. The idea has emerged as a life progresses, we accumulate a kind of deficit with the company to be offset by charities or financial expenditures. Are In its daily transactions life a form of theft? "- Richard Ong, Carthage, Missouri.

"Different media have been featuring a large number of people who" just want to give back. "Giving to whom? Why?" - Curtis Cooper, Hazel Park, Michigan.

'BLANK' is the new 'BLANK "or" X "is the new" Y "- Despite statements to the contrary," Cold (NOT) is the new hot ni'70 is the new 50 ". L The idea behind these comparisons was originally a good thing, but we all followed their spiral uses reasonable ridiculous and it is now time to ban the use. Or, to phrase it another way, "Originally clever advertising is now the new absurdity!" - Lawrence Mickel, Coventry, Connecticut.

"Taking no doubt come into use in the 1960's, but it is tired. Comparisons have become absurd." -- Geoff Steinhart, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

"Orange is the new black." '50 Is the new 30 "." Chocolate is the new sex. "Sex" is the new chocolate. " 'Fallacy is the new truth. "- Patrick Dillon, East Lansing, Michigan.

BLACK FRIDAY - "The day after Thanksgiving that retailers use to keep themselves out of the red for the year. (And then followed by" Cyber Monday. ") This is contrary to the beginning of the Great Depression of the 'use of the term' Black Tuesday, "which marked the crash of the stock market that sent the economy into free fall. - Carl Marschner, Melvindale, Michigan.

BACK IN THE DAY - "Back in the day, we used the 'back-in-the-day' to signify something truly historic. Now you hear ridiculous statements such as" Back in the day, people used Blackberries without Blue Tooth. " "- Liz Jameson, Tallahassee, Florida.

"What you might have already made the list back in the day, which was a Wednesday, I think." - Tim Bradley, Los Angeles, California.

RANDOM - popular with teenagers in many places.
"Over-used and generally out of context, ie" You are so random! "Really? Random is supposed to mean "by chance". So what I said, it was by chance and not by choice? "- Gabriel Brandel, Farmington Hills, Michigan.

"Outrageous evil and overfishing, especially by teenagers, ie" This guy random, random sing that song… It was so random. "Grrrrr." - Leigh, Duncan, Galway, Ireland.

"The abuse on a large scale by my youth. Every event, activity and the person may be" sooo chance "at the end. Banish it before me vigilant. "- Ben Martin, Adelaide, South Australia.

"How can a person be random?" -- Emma Halpin, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.

SWEET - "Too many sweets will make you sick. She became popular with the advent of the television show" South Park ", and by rights have died of natural causes, but the word continues to cling to the life. Therefore boring when young children Use and have no idea why, but it really sounds stupid coming from the mouths of adults. Please kill this particular use of another beautiful word . "- Wayne Braver, Manistique, Michigan

"Young lingo overuse, like 'super." I became sick of it immediately. "- Gordon Johnson, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

DECIMATE - Word-watchers have called for the destruction of it for several years.

"Used today in reference to the large-scale destruction and devastation. If you do not want to banish the word, I ask that its use should be" decimated "(reduced by a tenth)." -- Allan Dregseth, Fargo, North Dakota.

"I nominate" decimate "as it applies to men and the destructive fury of nature and results of sports competitions. Decimate simply means a reduction of 10% - neither more nor less. She perhaps because of the notoriety derived decimation Romans used as a technique of prisoner of war, the population reduction or an incentive to under-performing combat units. A group of 10 will be assembled and well-designed. Nine win and the losers winner would die at the hands of the losers - a variant of the instant lottery Game. maybe "cream" or "emulsified" should be replaced. - Mark Dobias, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

"The word is so overused and misused, people use it when they should say" destroy. "She's so bad now that there are two definitions, and the real one who has taken over as a weed. -- Dane, Flowery Branch, Georgia.

"Decimate" has been turned upside down. It means "to destroy tenth, 'but people use it to mean" to destroy nine tenths. "- David Welch, Venice, Florida.

PSYCHOLOGICAL - "Reporters, short on vocabulary, often describe a scene as" emotional. "Of course, but the emotion? For a radio reporter to announce seriously," There was an emotional send it to Joe Blow "tells me nothing other than the journalist felt that the participants acted in an emotional way. For example: I had a Emotional day today. I started to feel a little tired and cranky until I had my coffee. I was helpless in a cat kill a bird on the other side of the street. I was bemused by my reaction to the way nature works. Intrigued I was tonight, to add a word or two of your suggestions. I was pleased to see the words that others have posted. Gosh, it was an emotional day for me. "- Brendan Kennedy, Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada.

POP - "On each of the 45000 decorating shows on cable television (which I watch a lot), there is at least one mandatory use a formula like ..." The addition of red, it's really POP. "You know when he's coming ... it your mouth with the decorator. There must be another way to describe the addition of an interesting detail." -- Barbara, Arlington, Texas.

IT IS WHAT IT IS - "This sentence unnecessary, originally made by the athletes on the losing side of a contest, found its way into common use. Twice he directed exploit add nothing to the conversation while being phonetically and thematically redundant. "- Jeffrey Skrenes, St. Paul, Minnesota.

"It means absolutely nothing and it is most often a cop or a way to avoid answering a question in a way that could require a real thought or insight. Listen to an interview with some coach or athlete in big-time and sports as you inevitably hear. "- Doug Compo, Brimley, Michigan.

"It seems to be everywhere and invade all parts of any newspaper I read. It reminds me of" Who is John Galt? " 'Atlas Shrugged." It implies an acceptance of the status quo, no matter what the circumstances. But it is what it is. "- Erik Pauna, Mondovi, Wisconsin.

"Only Yogi Berra should be allowed to make such an circumlocution." -- Jerry Holloway, Belcamp, Maryland.

"It is migrating from premium" reality television "in itself, and the integration of persons otherwise articulate" vocabularies. Of course, it is what it is ... Otherwise, it would not be what it was! "- Steve Olsen, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.

UNDER THE BUS - "To overuse. I often hear the cliché-filled world of sport, where it is used to describe misplaced blame - ie" After the loss on Sunday, fans threw As the bus. "- Mark R. Hinkston, Racine, Wisconsin.

"Please, it is enough to" blame "." -- Mike Lekan, Kettering, Ohio.

"I wonder if someone say something negative has become the same as that of a mob hit. Like every sportscaster in the United States uses, is a call for the media to start issuing a thesaurus to everyone in front of a camera. " -- Mark Bockhaus, Appleton, Wisconsin.

"Please, it is enough to" blame "." -- Mike Lekan, Kettering, Ohio.

"I wonder if someone say something negative has become the same as that of a mob hit. Like every sportscaster in the United States uses, is a call for the media to start issuing a thesaurus to everyone in front of a camera. " -- Mark Bockhaus, Appleton, Wisconsin.

LSSU accepts applications for the banned-words list throughout the year. To apply for the 2008 list, go to http://www.lssu.edu/banished/submit_word.php.