NEWS: Banned Words in 2007

CULTURE: Banned Words in 2007

Lake Superior State University has been doing the world a service since 1976, we just haven't been listening. Each year the University publishes its "List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness." A University committee decided on 16 words or phrases to be banned this year from a list of more than 4,500 nominations.

It's sound advice. I feel like everyone would feel much better, live happier lives if we could just purge ourselves of our bad jokes. Here is a complete list of banned in '07, for reasons on why the phrase was submitted and ceremoniously banned follow the link.

This list makes me happy, can we force it into effect?

Search?

it's going to be hard for me to let go of "awesome".

what? pwn?
i swear to god...if it wasnt for all teh noobz in teh worlds i woodnt have to use pwn,pwnzors,pwnzilla,pwneriffic in my everyday life.
anyone not familiar with 1337sp3@k shouldnt be using it anyways.

It's official, you are the first pwn snob. Good job.

I never use the word pwn except when I play chss.

But, couldn't Bush sent some troops to do preemptive strikes before anyone comes up with new annoying words?

I agree. "Awesome boobs" usually comes to mind automatically with me around here.

"Truthiness" ??? Is that really used in everyday conversation? It's probably an example of misuse. Alright forget I asked that question.

Another word which has been overused to the point where it's lost all meaning is "basically" Every bloody newscaster and pundit on TV slips the word into every other sentence.

they just want colbert to call them out

clearly.

isn't truthiness also like the official word of 2006?

Awesome is not going anywhere. Its been around to long. And what's wrong with Search?

But "pwnt" is still okay, right?

"HEALTHY FOOD -- Point of view is everything.

Someone told Joy Wiltzius of Fort Collins, Colorado, that the tuna steak she had for lunch "sounded healthy." Her reply: "If my lunch were healthy, it would still be swimming somewhere. Grilled and nestled in salad greens, it's 'healthful.'""

If someone said that to me in person I would punch them in the head. And the idea of replacing the both accurate and general word "search" with "google" makes me die a little bit inside. So, in your world, "search" is replaced with "google"? Maybe try moving to a less retarded world before you make your opinions public again.

Oh yea, and...
"NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS -- Heard in movie advertisements. Where can we see that, again?"
On television.

can we please ban anything with shitpotle in it too?

"Healthful" has just never sounded like a real word to me.

Yeah, Awesome is staying a major part of my vocabulary.

Everything but, "Awesome"... Awesome stays!!

"SG site is AWESOME"... Can't say it any better than that!!



Just don't get rid of my favorite word... Conversate.

they suggested tossing out 'search' because they say that everyone says 'google' nowadays anyway.

i'm totally in favor of this 'chipotle' ban. chipotle anything tastes like ass anyway!

extreme, anyone? It wasn't on last year's list either. Everytime I hear or see it I daydream about putting an icepick between mr. marketing genuis' eyes.

I love that "PWNED" made it to the list.



Wait...can I say that PWNED was PWNED?

I submitted that "1337" or "LEET" be banned in 2008

But PWN3D is AWESOME!!

It sucks that it takes a university to point out the obvious.