Since 1976, Lake Superior State University has issued an annual list of banished words (or words the organizers would like to see banish).
The 2013 “winners” are not surprising. Here they are:
- Fiscal cliff
- Kick the can down the road
- Double down
- Job creators/creation
- Passion/passionate
- Yolo
- Spoiler alert
- Bucket list
- Trending
- Superfood
- Boneless wings
- Guru
To see comments, review lists from previous years, and nominate words you’d like to “banish,” go to http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php.