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Words Banished from the Queen's English
« on: January 02, 2012, 02:45:12 PM »
Lake Superior State University, in Sault St. Marie, is featuring those phrases in its annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. The 2012 list, released Friday.


This year's banished words

• Amazing

• Baby bump

• Shared sacrifice

• Occupy

• Blowback

• Man cave

• The new normal

• Pet parent

• Win the future

• Trickeration

• Ginormous

• Thank you in advance




Link to Detroit Free Press Story:

http://www.freep.com/article/20111231/NEWS06/112310348/Lake-Superior-State-University-unveils-amazing-list-of-words-that-should-occupy-the-trash-heap

Link to the History of how the banished word list got started:

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/history.php


Link to LSSU banned words for 2012:

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php

Link to complete list of banned words since the list was started in 1976:

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/complete_list.php
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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 03:53:21 PM »
I did notice a couple, like "La Macharena" that were never in "Queens English".
So I presume it remains in the "Dictator's Spanish" ?
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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 04:05:59 PM »
I would add "Skin In The Game".....Uttered by El Presidente BHO....and most of the other "catch phrases" he's read from El Jefe Teleprompter...



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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 05:16:02 PM »
Reckon we could get 'infrastructure' added to that?
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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, 05:18:10 PM »
I would like to add:

"A Lexus to remember"
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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2012, 05:39:30 PM »
At the end of the day, I'd like to see an end to "at the end of the day."
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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2012, 05:48:46 PM »
But wait the most important of all::::

Wait for it.......












Shovel Ready.... ;D
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Col. Jeff Cooper.

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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2012, 05:54:35 PM »
I have no problem with hope or change but...

"Hope and Change!" should be outlawed, not just banished!

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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2012, 07:46:30 PM »
Quote from: Ichiban on January 02, 2012, 05:39:30 PM
At the end of the day, I'd like to see an end to "at the end of the day."
And a hearty second to this one!!!
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Re: Words Banished from the Queen's English
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2012, 09:48:34 PM »
"Go big or go home" should go away.
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