I found this list of 'banished' words for 2008 very amusing...people actually compile a list of words that are now not 'in' to say! I'm sure plenty of us would love to add and/or subtract from the list. For me, not saying 'it is what it is' (even if in my head) is very difficult because it really is what it is!!!
I guess we do evolve and graduate to using bigger and 'better' terminology but I sure do miss those days of calling my brother Rob a SPAZ. And if you were cool, you'd write it with a funky 'S'...you know what I'm talking about! But a word that I use now, that I believe is timeless is DORK...and Rob, if you're reading this, you're a big dork! hee hee.
Enjoy the list, and if you have some of those 'back in the day' words, please share!
Lake Superior State University's 2008 list of banished words
12/31/2007, 1:33 p.m. EST
The Associated Press
(AP) — Lake Superior State University's 2008 list of banished 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
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