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alp227

(32,013 posts) Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:25 AM Jan 2013

And now...the Lake Superior State University 2013 Banished Words List!

Full explanations at this CNN article. The Lake Superior State University 2013 annual words to ban list:

1. Yolo, an acronym for the phrase "you only live once" (phrase coined by the rap song "The Motto" by Drake and Lil Wayne)
2. Fiscal cliff
3. Kick the can down the road
4. Job creator
5. Passion/passionate
6. Superfood
7. Boneless wings
8. Trending
9. Bucket list
10. Spoiler alert
11. Guru
12. Double down

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And now...the Lake Superior State University 2013 Banished Words List! (Original Post) alp227 Jan 2013 OP

YES!!! 2naSalit Jan 2013 #1

Some tiny college's chief marketing weasel tells us what terms are now useless, overused or misused. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2013 #2

They need to add 'Red meat' . . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2013 #3

2naSalit

(86,502 posts)

1. YES!!!

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:34 AM

Jan 2013

I was hoping that "double down" would make it on the list, I am sooooo sick of that burned out fuse.

But some of the others... I don't see the problem but I don't listen to a lot of popular culture stuff so I could just be underwhelmed there.