Lake
Superior State University2014 Banished Words List
After
much twerking and gnashing of hashtags, the word-watchers at Lake Superior State University have released their 39th annual List of Words to be Banished
from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness.
The
list, compiled from nominations sent to LSSU throughout the year, is released
each year on New Year's Eve. It dates back to Dec. 31, 1975, when former LSSU
Public Relations Director Bill Rabe and some colleagues cooked up the
whimsical idea to banish overused words and phrases from the language. They
issued the first list on New Year's Day 1976. Much to the delight of word
enthusiasts everywhere, the list has stayed the course into a fourth decade.
So,
dispense with the selfies, come down from the twittersphere and T-bone this
year's banish-pocalypse on steroids.
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