annual list of words to be proscribed

Ben Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Tue Jan 1 00:37:25 UTC 2013


On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 7:28 PM, wrote:
>
> Damn.  I was just thinking this morning that "bucket list" had jumped the shark when I
>  saw it painted over the "entire bus" that was in front of me.
>
> How far back does that one go?  Who's the expert on the Board?

AFAIK, it came into existence with the 2007 movie of the same name.

--bgz

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