What trend/meme did I miss? I ate a lot of food which contained Chipotle, but seem to be oblivious to the reason this chile should be banned from polite discourse. The rest of these words I can figure out, if not necessarily agree with their necessity to be banned.
NPR : Banned: Irresistible, Over-Used Words of 2006
It's that time of year again, when Lake Superior State University releases its annual List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness. The school in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has compiled the list every year since 1976.
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Out of more than 4,500 nominations, these words were chosen for banishment by the school's committee:
- GITMO
- COMBINED CELEBRITY NAMES (c.f. Brangelina, TomKat)
- AWESOME
- GONE/WENT MISSING
- PWN or PWNED
- NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS
- WE'RE PREGNANT
- UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN
- ARMED ROBBERY/DRUG DEAL GONE BAD
- TRUTHINESS
- ASK YOUR DOCTOR
- CHIPOTLE
- i-ANYTHING
- SEARCH
- HEALTHY FOOD
- BOASTS
Tags: Meme
Those combined celebrity names REALLY irritate me. I want to scream when I hear them refer to a couple by a single name on the news.