From the Jan. 1, 2014, Chicago Tribune "Selfie, twerk in your vocab?-- BANISHED" by Scott Kleinberg.
The Lake Superior State University 2014 List of Banished Words features 13 words that range from popular in the mainstream to ones that might be new to you. Evidently, words have to be nominated and voted on to make the list. The most nominated word was SELFIE. I am so tired of hearing that word.
Another word finishing high on the list was TWERK or TWERKING, evidently something to do with Miley Cyrus.
Other words:
** Hashtag
** Twittersphere
** Mister Mom
** T-bone, not as in steak, but as in the automobile accident
** ____ on steroids (always fun when you get to insert your own word like hamster.
** Anything ending in -ageddon and -pocalypse.
** Intellectually/morally bankrupt
** Obamacare
** Adversity (a football term)
** Fan base
2013s nominated words included fiscal cliff, double down, YOLO and spoiler alert.
The banishment list began as a publicity ploy for the little-known Lake Superior State located in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan at a New year's Eve party in 1975. The list they came up with was released the next day and the tradition began.
The school accepts submissions all year long. I'll have to look up the 2015 list.
Words You Sure Get Tired of Hearing. --RoadDog
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