2010 list of words and phrases that should be banned
 

Each year, the wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University compiles a list of 15 words and phrases from the past year they think should be banned for their inanity and overuse to the point that they are cliche. This year's list:

"Shovel ready" (for infrastructure projects ready to break ground)
"Unfriend"
"Stimulus"
"Obamacare"
"Obamanomics" (as well as other terms used with the "Obama" prefix)
"Sexting"
"Bromance"
"Chillaxin'"
"Teachable moment"
"Toxic assets"
"In these economic times"
"Too big to fail"
"Transparent / transparency"
"App"
"Czar"

"Spooning"

I don't see the point of these kind of lists, due to our rapid information based culture a lot of these words are just going to be forgotten and replaced with terms which could be possibly even more inane and annoying.

And then the game begins anew.

There shall never be a word more inane than "pwned". ::) :P

Ugh, I second that motion. I'm sick of that word. Is it even a word? There's no vowel other than the past tense suffix of "ed"! The "o" has been taken out. Have we no respect for the rules of the English language anymore?? :bloosad:

No, it isn't. It's nothing more than a glorified, overused typo. :P

Here's another one I'm tired of hearing ALL THE DANG TIME- "epic". As in "That's so epic!" or "Epic fail!". I think it's just way over used, and has been for at least two years now. :P

"boss"

as in "that is so boss!"

LOL

Give it a couple decades and the whole "l33t speak" thing will probably become an officially recognized language.::)

Yeah, just like Klingon. :bloogrin: