Over Used Word, Thou Art Banished
Posted by: David Bunch
Lake Superior State University has released its annual list of banished words.
Lake Superior State University has released its annual list of banished words.
According to a Fox News report, the folks at Lake Superior State University, north of Detroit, have released their annual "List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness," containing 16 words or phrases for particular scorn by language purists.
Among the targets: "Ask your doctor," that annoying catchphrase from pharmaceutical commercials, which the list terms "the chewable vitamin morphine of marketing." As for the celebrity combo names, one contributor to the list termed it "so annoying, idiotic and so lame and pathetic that it's 'lamethetic.'
