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Old 01-04-2011, 05:29 AM   #1
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Default 2011 list of words/terms that should be banned

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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.
That was Lynnie's comment last January 2. Lake Superior State University must have been listening because "epic" made this year's list. The full list of should-be-banned words for 2011:

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Fail
(Epic fail as a term also qualifies)
Viral
Wow factor
A-ha moment
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"I'm just sayin'"
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"Man up"
Facebook
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Google (as a verb)
Backstory
The American people
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Old 01-04-2011, 06:24 PM   #2
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Well it's about dang time that word made the list! Oddly enough, I don't think I've heard it as often this past year as I did the year before (and possibly the year before that).

And although it's not a word, something I'm getting tired of real fast right now is the way people elongate the last word in a statement when typing/texting. I/E-

"I want to go nowwwwwww"
"Oh, me tooooooo!"
"Wait, what about meeeeeeeee?"

What is the point of all that? I can see when emphasizing a word to elongate it like that (I do that myself), but to just add more of the last letter to make it look like your finger got stuck on that button when typing/texting it.. just, why?
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Old 01-04-2011, 06:32 PM   #3
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I'll second that. The extra letters are just so pointless.

No problem with Epic, Fail, or the combination here. As for most of the rest:

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Viral
Wow factor
A-ha moment
BFF
Refudiate
"I'm just sayin'"
Mama grizzlies
"Man up"
Facebook (as a verb)
Backstory
The American people
"Live life to the fullest"
Get rid of them all.
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Old 01-05-2011, 06:58 PM   #4
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I'll second that. The extra letters are just so pointless.

No problem with Epic, Fail, or the combination here. As for most of the rest:



Get rid of them all.
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Old 01-08-2011, 02:18 PM   #5
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I like epic in its original meaning, its proper defination. I like google as a verb (hey, Hoover is in the dictionary "I will hoover the floor", and that is a brand name!)

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There really needs to be a different word for the piece of skin on your elbow...
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