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🚫Banished Words List :: 2017🚫

Pliqueajour — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:05:19 GMT

This is just for fun.😆

Do you have words or phrases you would add to the list?

(From LSSU dot edu)

"The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University have taken their best "guesstimate" and released LSSU's 42nd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.

This year's list is culled from nominations received mostly through the university's website.

Word-watchers target pet peeves from everyday speech, as well as from the news, fields of education, technology, advertising, politics and more. A committee makes a final cut in late December. Compilers hope this year's list is "on fleek.""

You, Sir - Hails from a more civilized era when duels were the likely outcome of disagreements. Today, we suffer on-line trolls and Internet shaming.

Focus - Good word, but overused when concentrate or look at would work fine. See 1983's banishment of, We Must Focus Our Attention.

Bête Noire - After consulting a listing of synonyms, we gather this to be a bugbear, pet peeve, bug-boo, pain, or pest to our nominators.

Town Hall Meeting - Candidates seldom debate in town halls anymore. Needs to be shown the door along with "soccer mom(s)" and "Joe Sixpack" (banned in 1997).

Post-Truth - To paraphrase the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, we are entitled to our own opinions but not to our own facts.

Guesstimate - When guess and estimate are never enough.

831 - A texting encryption of, I love you: 8 letters, 3 words, 1 meaning. Never encrypt or abbreviate one's love.

Historic - Thrown around far too much. What's considered as such is best left to historians rather than the contemporary media.

Manicured - As in a manicured lawn. Golf greens are the closest grass comes to being manicured.

Echo Chamber - Lather, rinse, and repeat. After a while, everything sounds the same.

On Fleek - Anything that is on-point, perfectly executed, or looking good. Needs to return to its genesis: perfectly groomed eyebrows.

Ghost - To abruptly end communication, especially on social media. Is it rejection angst, or is this word really as overused as word-banishment nominators contend? Either way, our committee feels the pain.

Dadbod - The flabby opposite of a chiseled-body male ideal. Should not empower dads to pursue a sedentary lifestyle.

Listicle - Numbered or bulleted list created primarily to generate views on the Web, LSSU's word-banishment list excluded.

"Get your dandruff up . . . " - The Committee is not sure why this malapropism got nominators' dander up in 2016.

Selfie Drone - In what could be an ominous development, the selfie - an irritating habit of constantly photographing and posting oneself to social media - is being handed off to a flying camera. How can this end badly?

Frankenfruit - Another food group co-opted by "frankenfood." Not to be confused with other forms of genetically modified language.

Disruption - Nominators are exhausted from 2016's disruption. When humanity looks back on zombie buzzwords, they will see disruption bumping into other overused synonyms for change."

Re: 🚫Banished Words List :: 2017🚫

Oznell — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:05:22 GMT

How about "Iconic"-- vastly over-used I think! And I've used it!

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cerb — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:14:01 GMT

Fun list to read. I absolutely hate the current use of the word "curate". They're actually using it on QVC now. The other day I heard one of the hosts saying that some eye shadow colors had been specially "curated" by the designer. Good grief.

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QVCkitty1 — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:15:35 GMT

I hate it when someone replies ," whatever ", it is lazy and disrespectful.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:20:30 GMT

Interesting list. I'll add the word FABRICATION. So misused and over-used.

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Plaid Pants2 — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:20:50 GMT

I've never even heard of Bête Noire, 831, On Fleek.

Maybe that's why they are being retired?

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Puzzle Piece — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:22:46 GMT

Whomever these toilet seat geniuses are, they need to find other things to do with their time.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:29:20 GMT

The word UTILIZE needs to be axed. Why not just USE?? Bugs me.

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Mint2 — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:37:42 GMT

Walk it back. Huh??

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Daisy Sunflower — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:45:58 GMT

angst

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Moonchilde — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:46:24 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I hate it when someone replies ," whatever ", it is lazy and disrespectful.

Disrespectful, yes (duh). Lazy? Au contraire, it expresses a two-word phrase in one word.

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Daisy Sunflower — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:48:14 GMT

facilitate

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SilleeMee — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:54:52 GMT

@Daisy wrote:
facilitate

Good one. I would just use the word EASE. Less syllables and easier to pronounce.

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suzyQ3 — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:39:21 GMT

"alternative facts." :-)

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occasionalrain — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:20:58 GMT

Toxic

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sunala — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:26:26 GMT

"Literally"

What does it even mean??

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Pliqueajour — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:29:00 GMT

Enjoying the additions to the list!

I add:

stoked

and

problematic.

😊

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Susan in California — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:29:55 GMT

This isn't terribly original and has been discussed before, but I miss

a simple "you're welcome"---not a fan of "no problem" .

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Plaid Pants2 — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:32:06 GMT

@sunala wrote:

"Literally"

What does it even mean??

From Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Definition of literally 1 : in a literal sense or manner: such as a : in a way that uses the ordinary or primary meaning of a term or expression

b —used to emphasize the truth and accuracy of a statement or description

c : with exact equivalence : with the meaning of each individual word given exactly

d : in a completely accurate way

2 : in effect : virtually —used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible

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Oznell — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:34:25 GMT

"effectuate"

"speak truth to power"

"impact" (only when useed as a verb, i.e. "Let's impact this committee".

"dialogue" (only when used as a verb, i.e. "We've been dialoguing all day".

"national conversation"

"national treasure"

(I refuse to say whether I've ever succumbed and uttered any of these myself....)