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Words That Should Be Banished from the English Speaking World
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How often do you find yourself using these words? Just know that the people around you wish you'd quit! This list of worst used words was compiled by a funny little committee at Lake Superior State University in Michigan. What would you add to it?
| | SURREAL – One part opiate of the masses, 13 parts overuse. |
| | HUNKER DOWN – To brace oneself, in anticipation of media onslaught. Trotted out in reports about everything from politics to hurricanes. |
| | PERSON OF INTEREST – Found within the context of legal commentary. In other words, people with guns want to talk with you. |
| | COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS – A five-dollar phrase on a nickel-errand. Value-added into many higher education mission statements. |
| | UP OR DOWN VOTE – A casualty of today's partisanship. |
| | BREAKING NEWS – It used to stop the presses. Now it's a lower-intestinal condition brought about by eating dinner during newscasts. |
| | DESIGNER BREED – Perhaps it's the bastardization of dog breeding. “When you mate a miniature schnauzer to a toy poodle, it's not a ‘Schnoodle,' it's a mongrel.” – George Bullerjahn, Bowling Green, Ohio. |
| | FEMA – Dedicated to the memory of a great federal agency consigned to the ash heap of parody. “If they don't do anything, we don't need their acronym.” – Josh Hamilton, Tucson, Ariz. |
| | FIRST-TIME CALLER – Preamble often heard on talk radio. “I am serious in asking: who in any universe gives a care?” – Miguel McCormick, Orlando, Fla. |
| | PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU! – Marketing catch phrase that became a lost-leader long ago. “Read: Pass the markup along to you.” – C. W. Estes, Roanoke, Tex. |
| | 97% FAT FREE – Adventures in delusion. It still has 3% fat. |
| | AN ACCIDENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN – Best-laid mayhem. |
| | JUNK SCIENCE – Banished from the Marketplace of Ideas. |
| | GIT-ER-DONE – It's overdone. |
| | DAWG – No designer breed here. |
| | TALKING POINTS – Cover your ears! “Topics which will please those you want to impress.” – Michele Mooney, Van Nuys, Calif. |
| | HOLIDAY TREE – Many salvoes were fired during this past season's “war on Christmas.” Holiday tree is a silly name for what most of us hold as a Christmas tree, no matter your preference of religion |
| | 24/7 - Makes me want to smack you... ALL THE TIME!!! |
| | CLICHE - is it cliche to say cliche? |
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Haha! I *hate" when people say "surreal" and think it's profound!
Comment by: spightlylite dear god stop saying git-er-done
Comment by: marie
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