You, Sir are living in a historic time. Post-truth politics gets carefully manicured through fake news and propagated bigly via an echo chamber. By my guesstimate, everyone’s favorite
bête noire is the overuse of the word ‘disruption’.
Am I
on fleek?
There’s no reason to get your dandruff up. During a town hall meeting, Lake Superior State University (LSSU) released its 42
nd annual “
List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness”. Over the years LSSU has received tens of thousands of nominations, resulting in almost a
thousand banned words.
Here’s a listicle of the latest
winners losers banished words:
- You, Sir
- Focus
- Bête Noire
- Town Hall Meeting
- Post-Truth
- Guesstimate
- 831
- Historic
- Manicured
- Echo Chamber
- On Fleek
- Bigly
- Ghost
- Dadbod
- Listicle
- Get your dandruff up...
- Selfie Drone
- Frankenfruit
- Disruption
Before you ghost this blog, add a comment describing what word you think should be banned.
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Manage by Walking Around on January 15, 2017.
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