List bans 'fake news,' 'covfefe' and 'let me ask you this' [Lake Superior State U]

Associated Press ^ | Dec 31, 2017 12:11 AM EST | Jeff Karoub

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Let me ask you this: Would a story that unpacks a list of tiresome words and phrases be impactful or a nothingburger? Worse, could it just be fake news?

Northern Michigan’s Lake Superior State University on Sunday released its 43^rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. The tongue-in-cheek, non-binding list of 14 words or phrases comes from thousands of suggestions to the Sault Ste. Marie school.

This year’s list includes “let me ask you this,” “unpack,” “impactful,” “nothingburger,” “tons,” “dish,” “drill down,” “let that sink in,” and the top vote-getter, “fake news.”

The others are “pre-owned,” “onboarding/offboarding,” “hot water heater,” “gig economy” and the Trumpian Twitter typo “covfefe.”

While the list contains a little political flavor, Lake Superior State spokesman John Shibley said he had expected more given the highly divisive 2016 election and a year of deepening divisions in government and the U.S. electorate. …

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oh I don’t know dialogue has a rather ‘woody’ sound to it don’t you think... dia-log-ue....dia-loooooogggg-ue

'Inter-course.' 'Pert,' 'pert,' 'thighs,' 'botty,' 'botty,' 'botty', 'erogenous zo-o-one'. Ha ha ha ha -- oh, 'concubine', 'erogenous zo-o-one', 'loose woman', 'erogenous zone'...

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Words banned for the new year? ‘Fake news’ gets top vote
And of course, AP changes the headline again. They just cannot leave well enough alone.

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Sustainable

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White privilege