2012: List of Banished Words

[Cooper]

Lake Superior State University has come out with their 2012 "List of Banished Words".

Do we agree? Can we think of others?

 

amazing

baby bump

shared sacrifice

occupy

blowback

man cave

the new normal

pet parent

win the future

trickeration

ginormous

thank you in advance

 

two that I feel are missing from the list: "OMG" and "WINNING"

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

[Samai139]

Yes---if I never hear actually again I'd be ecstatic. Don't hear transparent or transparency(in government) as much as previous years and for that I am grateful.

Is this the same University that publishes the "most over-used words of 2011?

[Guest Spanky]

OMG, what a WINNING thread!

 

"sitch" which many of the kids today use in place of situation. Hey Coop - what's your sitch?

 

I also hate LOL. People act as though it gives them impunity to say anything negative they want. As in: I hope you become infested with boils, die a miserable and painful death, and your family is cursed for generations...LOL!

 

Let's see. There's also ridonculous, adorkable, laundreemat, liberry, and I really hate it when people "axe" me a question. And in the work world I hear "basically" in just about every sentence. I always want to ask if they are telling me the basics because they think I'm too stupid to understand the details. I also hear basically in this context: "basically, what we're talking about..." Ok, don't tell me what you're going to talk about, just talk about it.

 

Of course let's not forget irregardless. But I gave up on that years ago.

 

But then I guess some of these are non words and mispronunciations are just the new normal.

[+ Charlie]

I wish that interviewees would stop prefacing every answer with "Yes,......" as though that makes their response sound more friendly.

[+ Axiom2001]

There are many other words that I'd like to have obliterated, and they are "awesome" and "invite" [used as a noun]!

[hornytwells]

personally, I loathe the expression "my bad". is it really any easier than saying "my fault" it makes the user sound like a three year old child

[+ Charlie]

I wish that interviewees would stop prefacing every answer with "Yes,......" as though that makes their response sound more friendly.

Oops! I didn't mean this to refer to you, samai. I was thinking of politicians and athletes, because it suggests to me that they don't understand the question, or don't intend to give a relevant answer. My bad. Your posts are actually awesome.

[Epigonos]

I absolutely hate the word disrespect. I want to vomit every time I hear someone says for example - He disrespects me. The fucking word doesn't exist. The correct usage should be - He doesn't respect me. I hear it more and more every day including on the radio and television.

 

I also hate the use of the word goes instead of the word says ie. He goes what time are you leaving and she goes about 7:00 p.m.

 

Additionally I hate the fact that many people, including Barak Obama, have decided that the final letter "g" is silent. Thus we have goin, workin, playin, sayin, fuckin, etc. etc.

[+ deej]

If you want to get going on diction, I hate HATE HATE hearing that someone is running for Presdeneye States. And we're hearing that a LOT these days.

[+ purplekow]

One word which causes my teeth to hurt is: conversate. Changing a noun into a verb is nothing new, but this one irritates me. Another word that I find myself using almost as excessively as other people do is: really. I could also due without the term reality television. There is not much real about reality television unless it is a documentary.

[Kevin Slater]

I've always hated incentivize. It's motivate, for god's sake.

 

Kevin Slater

[+ imagooddog]

Queer, Fag, Ferry -- I resent people referred to with those words.

[whipped guy]

Some "favorites" already mentioned are conversate, disrespect, and the now ubiquitous axe.

 

However, my absolute favorite is "misremembered" which was made famous by Roger Clemens as in, "Andy misremembered..." Well , if Andy misremembered I guess Roger also misremembered injecting himself with HGH...

 

Also, why do we now wait ON line instead of IN line???

 

Languages evolve and usually not for the better...

[jackhammer91406]

These phrases...

 

Whenever I hear someone say:

 

The truth of the matter is

 

or

 

The fact of the matter is..

 

 

I know they are about to misrepresent the truth or the facts.

 

Can we get them removed please?

[leigh.bess.toad]

A lot of my least favorite words are those corporate buzzwords. One of our favorite games to play is Corporate Bingo, also known as Corporate Bullshit bingo. A sample is on the following website.

 

http://www.snyderfamily.com/cgi-bin/corpbingo

 

The one that really drives me up the wall? Synergy.

[Cooper]

Really?

 

"sitch" which many of the kids today use in place of situation. Hey Coop - what's your sitch?

 

Spanky, You are a funny guy, lol... Please, post more in 2012.

 

Responses that bug me:

Doctor: I'm very sorry to inform you that your mother just passed away.

Response: REALLY?

(Like someone would make that up.)

 

Introductions:

I'd like you to meet my "significant other"...

or worse, this is "the bf"...

Christ! If you're jumping his bones you should at least know his name.

 

Names I need not to hear in 2012:

Kardashian (insert any 1st name)

Lindsay Lohan, or her parents

any cast member of the Jersey Shore

 

Let straight guys know they are not insulting gay men when they say:

"Suck my dick!", "Go F**K Yourself", or "Sit on this" while grabbing crotch...

These are Terms of Endearment to our ears.

 

Happy New Year! Hoping the Mayans are wrong...

Coop

[leigh.bess.toad]

Introductions:

I'd like you to meet my "significant other"...

or worse, this is "the bf"...

Christ! If you're jumping his bones you should at least know his name.

 

Although, and you can trust me on this, it's almost priceless when they forget. For example, if your name is Barry and they mis-speak and introduce you as Larry. My bf did this a couple of months ago and he's still doing occasional penance for that.

[+ Charlie]

The use of "awarded" as an adjective, as in ads that refer to the product as "the most awarded (car/phone/wine, etc.)" I'd like to incentivize ad men to disrespect this usage.

[leigh.bess.toad]

Actually the one that drives me the craziest, and it isn't a word, is a radio ad for a certain insurance company with a green reptile with an australian accent as it's spokes"person".

 

The ad copy says something like, "Home isn't only where the heart is, it's where the savings is". ARRRRRRRRRRRGH. Makes me drive off the road everytime I hear it.

[Guest Spanky]

Here is another rant on bad words. I wish I could say it's mine, but the credit belongs to someone else...

 

When people use "plz" because it's shorter than please, I feel justified saying no because it's shorter than yes.

[Guy Fawkes]

When people say: "That's Ok!" when they mean "I'd rather not."

[hornytwells]

I absolutely hate the word disrespect. I want to vomit every time I hear someone says for example - He disrespects me. The fucking word doesn't exist. The correct usage should be - He doesn't respect me. I hear it more and more every day including on the radio and television.

 

I also hate the use of the word goes instead of the word says ie. He goes what time are you leaving and she goes about 7:00 p.m.

 

Additionally I hate the fact that many people, including Barak Obama, have decided that the final letter "g" is silent. Thus we have goin, workin, playin, sayin, fuckin, etc. etc.

 

I am SOOOOO with you on this one, disrespect is a dreadful made-up word. I also hate the way people who are old enough to know better run a conversation with: "and I was like..... and he was like.....

I am no doubt getting old, but this was such a good opportunity to rant....

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

I literally have had enough of people using "literally" too much. To me, it makes them sound illiterate.

[nate_sf]

Please no more "low-hanging fruit." It was all picked off long ago.

[+ azdr0710]

lots of good comments here....

 

"anyways" is one I've heard a lot....it's another one of those non-existent words...does anybody know how it got started....years ago?