LSSU Releases Banished Words for 2001

Lake Superior State University ^ | Dec 2001 | LSSU

[visagoth]

Please add your own words to be banished at this link .

My choice, although not a word, is: "At the end of the day...."

[danneskjold]

POLITICS - Getting on with the work of the people...

[JimVT]

Mine is "gone missing" which the news readers apparently have borrowed from the Brits.

What the heck was wrong with "lost"?

[dakine]

Good read...

[tom paine 2]

Can we add " good to go ", " basically ", and " 24-7 "

[riley1992]

They do this list on WJR every year. I always love hearing it.

"HAVE A GOOD ONE!" Hahaha

[Jambe]

Gore Won!

[hobbes1]

FALSE START PRIOR TO THE SNAP - Redundant usage . . . 10-yard penalty. "If it is a false start, it would inherently be prior to the snap of a football, before the action starts," mentions Sue Golbiw of Royal Oak, Michigan.,

I think Sue Golbiw should be banned, and penalized 15 yards for making an idiotically incorrect insinuation....
It's False start......MOTION/MOVING...Prior to the Snap..

Charge, and explanation, for idiots like Sue that just don't get it anyway...

Along with two Clinton Terms, further Proof that Breasts and Brains just don't mix.(excepting FR women of course!)

[xsmommy]

excepting FR women of course!

..nice save...

[6ppc]

My vote is for Unclear. It is used (and overused) to avoid having to say "I don't know".

[commish]

DINGELL-NORWOOD!

[FreedomPoster]

How about "loose" in on-line forums when "lose" is meant. I see that misusage frequently; it is a pet peeve of mine.

[6ppc]

I share your annoyance, but the word is not really overused, just misspelled.

[heleny]

FUZZY MATH - Gets a four-year term limit. Unleashed during a presidential debate, this sound bite could live again

sound bite = a brief recorded statement (as by a public figure) broadcast especially on a television news program; also : a brief catchy comment suitable for use as a sound bite
Why not just say "catchy comment," "attention-getting noun," "buzzword," "catchphrase," or, simply, "phrase?"

[Frumanchu]

I still can't believe it didn't make last year OR this year, but gravitas should definitely be on that list.

Other candidates:
Whassaaaap?!? - I wish I had the ability to send a biting electrical charge across the line to the next person who says this to me.
Religious right - unless you're talking about the Bill of Rights, keep your buzzword to yourself.
Stimulus - can we bring the word bailout back please?
(Social Security) lock box - That box hasn't been locked in a long time...and never will be.
Crackdown - This list is a crackdown on over-used words like....well, crackdown.

That's all I could think of after five minutes of surfing CNN.com

[danneskjold]

POLITICS - A(n) __________ CRISIS...

[Steve0113]

Also, "False start" is five-yard penalty, not ten yards as she said.

[TheRealLobo]

POLITICS: ______GATE.

Every time a politician is involved in ANYTHING, it suddenly becomes a ____________GATE.

[Steve0113]

One of my favorites: "That is SOOOO last year!"

[FOL(iberty)]

I work for a large corporation, so my betes noires are many:

• impact (when used as a verb)
• solution (when used as a verb) "to solution a design"
• extremist