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January 29, 2004
Banished Words
Lake Superior State University's (Michigan) Word Banishment selection committee has published its annual list of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness. Words banished in 2004 include:
Metrosexual - "sounds like someone who only has sex downtown or on the subway."
Punked
Place Stamp Here
Bling or Bling-Bling
LOL
Embedded Journalist
Smoking Gun
Shock and Awe
Captured Alive
Shots Rang Out
Ripped from the Headlines
Sweat Like a Pig
and my favorite,
In Harm's Way - "Who is Harm, and why would you want to get in his way?"
I'm going to create my own list of words and phrases that I use way too often. What words would you like to banish from YOUR personal vocabulary? Inquiring minds want to know. :-)
Cindy
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I knew I didn't like the word metrosexual but couldn't work out why. Now I know. Next time someone drops the word in a conversation (or claims to be one) I can ask how often and which train.
Brain matter deposited by: Ozguru on January 29, 2004 6:10 PM
Embedded. Hate.That.Word.
Brain matter deposited by: Da Goddess on January 31, 2004 8:58 AM
I can think of a valid use for 'embedded'. On the 23rd support call from the same idiot user you say sweetly: "Would you like me to come down there and embed the manual into you brain". This would make him an "embedded user". :-)
Just kidding. That is what a LART is for (L-user Attitude Readjustment Tool).
Brain matter deposited by: Ozguru on February 1, 2004 8:20 PM