10 Words We Can Retire in 2011

Business Insider ^ | Dec. 16, 2010 | Beth Monaghan

[george76]

“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”

The List

1. Best-in-breed and leading-edge

2. Leading provider

3. Next generation and revolutionary

4. Disruptive

5. 2.0

6. Robust

7. Cost-effective

8. Paradigm shift

[al_c]

Attaching -gate to any government scandal. For the love of God, stop it.

Gate-gate?

[Maverick68]

You know what I’m sayin?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoWnIhDuW4g

Warning: contains profanity!

[DManA]

“Dirty Little Secret”

Rush admitted the other day he uses that one too much.

[RinaseaofDs]

Rule of Law

Checks and Balances

Full Faith and Credit

Peer Review

Inalienable Rights

Scientific Method

Entrepreneur Take-Home Pay Retirement Nest Egg Dollar Cost Averaging Alternative Energy (Alternative anything for that matter) Pioneering Crisis of Conscience Unethical Immoral Do-It-Yourself Independent (this one's GOT to go: Independent Press, Independent Judiciary, Independent Political Affiliation - word is completely without any semantic value whatsoever) The above words and terms no longer have any meaningful semantical value in current discourse of any sort.

[sniper63]

ya know, like, I would, like, ya know retire, like, ya know

[BuckyKat]

Amen on paradigm!

My entry would be diversity.

[KKing]

Having said that...

[Deb]

One morning on CNN Gloria Borger actually said, “So at the end of the day, going forward, on the ground...” ACK!!!! My head still hurts.

[The Good Doctor]

“Core competency.”

[djf]

“allegedly”

Also, I’ve had it up to my eyebrows with people who “take full responsibility”, then get to keep their jobs and their perks and their pensions.

[a fool in paradise]

"Back in MY day..."

[a fool in paradise]

You forgot Obama’s favorite phrase,

“in the holy koran”

[loungitude]

Unprecedented.
Sustainable.
Green.
Oh, and one more vote for “Reach out to...” It’s super-lame.

[sleddogs]

Quantitative easing (QE)

[loungitude]

“We need to move quickly.”

[ScullysSister]

unexpected

[No_More_Harkin]

I have a headache...
:)

[sleddogs]

Political Correctness (PC)

[Steve_Seattle]

"at the end of the day"

"gone missing"

"re-set button"

"bad boy" (As in "Let me see if I can fix this bad boy.")

"going forward"

"_______gate" (Attaching the suffix "gate" to any political scandal.)

"Tea Bagger"

"the New York football Giants" (Attention Chris Berman: The New York Giants baseball team hasn't existed for 52 years, so this phrasing is no longer necessary when referring to today's New York Giants football team.)

[sleddogs]

Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgendered (GLBT)