2010's Banned Words

[Bill Palmer]

(If this has already been reported on this list, please forgive and delete)

Time magazine's issue of January 18 reports Lake Superior State U's 2010 35th annual "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use, and General Uselessness" (the list also includes phrases)

1. Shovel-ready
2. Transparent/transparency
3. Czar
4. Tweet
5. App
6. Sexting
7. Friend (as a verb)
8. Teachable moment
10. Stimulus
11. Toxic assets
12. Too big to fail
13. Bromance (?)
14. Chillaxin' (?)
15. Obama (as a prefix)

To these I would add:
1.  It is what it is
2.  At the end of the day
3. Comfortable in his own skin
4. That's a really great question


Bill Palmer

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