2010 Banned Words?

I think of Lake Superior State University as a place I expect to see list for NCAA hockey championship, but not the literary location that would be producing the 35th annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use, and General Uselessness.

But, it seems to get lots of media play, and in the spirit of helping you trim your communication choices in the new year…

1. Shovel-ready [I’ve never heard anyone use this.]
2. Transparent / transparency [about time]
3. Czar [doesn’t seem like a democratic term]
4. Tweet [seems too early to kill this]
5. App [might also be a little early]
6. Sexting [n/c]
7. Friend, as a verb [I think social media will keep this around for a while]
8. Teachable moment [I actually like this one and didn’t realize it was a commonly used term]
9. In these economic times…
10. Stimulus
11. Toxic assets
12. Too big to fail
13. Bromance
14. Chillaxin’ [Never heard this one…maybe just not that cool]
15. Obama, as a prefix [Agree…I was never a fan of Obamanomics, etc.]