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LSSU's Banished Words of the Year Every year since 1976, Lake Superior State University has released a “List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness” on New Year's Day. While the school cheerfully admits that the tongue-in-cheek tradition is meant to draw publicity to Michigan's smallest public university, the list is widely enjoyed, and hundreds of nominations are received every year. LSSU's Banished Words: 2008- Perfect Storm
- Webinar — a seminar on the web about multiple topics
- Waterboarding
- Organic
- Wordsmith/Wordsmithing
- Post 9/11
- Surge
- Give back
- Black Friday— referring to the day after Thanksgiving that retailers use to keep themselves out of the 'red' for the year.
- Back in the day
- Sweet
- Decimate
- Emotional
- Pop
- It is What it is
- Under the bus
LSSU's Banished Words: 2007- GITMO — military shorthand for the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Combined Celebrity Names — e.g., Bennifer, TomKat, Bragelina
- Awesome — diluted from its meaning of “inspiring awe”
- Gone/Went Missing
- Pwn or Pwned — gamer slang for “own,” originally a typo
- Now Playing in Theaters
- We're Pregnant
- Undocumented Alien
- Armed Robbery / Drug Deal Gone Bad
- Truthiness — coined by Stephen Colbert as the quality possessed by a belief one feels is true, in defiance of facts or logic
- Ask Your Doctor
- Chipotle
- i-Anything
- Search
- Healthy Food — as opposed to “healthful”
- Boasts — as in “the apartment boasts hardwood floors”
LSSU's Banished Words: 2006- Surreal
- Hunker Down
- Person of Interest
- Community of Learners
- Up or Down Vote
- Breaking News
- Designer Breed
- FEMA
- First-Time Caller
- Pass the Savings on to You!
- 97% Fat Free
- An Accident that Didn't Have to Happen
- Junk Science
- Git-er-done
- Dawg
- Talking Points
- Holiday Tree
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