It’s that time of year again — time to put a handful of iconic words into the ground for good. Lake Superior State University has released its annual Banished Words List , featuring all the terms used to death over the past year.
So be a maverick and use the following words as much as you can tonight. Then, once midnight strikes, never speak them again.
• Green • Carbon footprint or carbon offsetting • Maverick • First dude • Bailout • Wall Street/Main Street • Monkey • click here to see the complete story. It includes the user-submitted nominations detailing the woes of the words.
Is the list a game changer? Not so much. But hey, it beats a staycation. Don’t you think so, my fellow language monkey?
