Lake Superior State University reveals 2011 list of banished words

Posted on Sunday, January 02 2011 @ 21:08 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Lake Superior State University 2011 has released an epic list of "banished words" that will surely go viral on the Internet. The small Michigan-based college attempts to create a yearly lists of terms so overused, misused and hackneyed that they ought to be canned in the new year. Here's the full list:

Lake Superior State University 2011 List of Banished Words

1. Viral
2. Epic
3. Fail
4. Wow factor
5. A-ha moment
6. Back story
7. BFF
8. Man up
9. Refudiate
10. Mama grizzlies
11. The American people
12. I’m just sayin’
13. Facebook/Google as verbs
14. Live life to the fullest

More details can be read at the Montreal Gazette.

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