List of "banished" words and phrases
Every year, Lake Superior State University, the BBC, the New York Times, Time magazine, and other institutions publish lists of overused words and phrases that they (or in the case of Time, their readers according to an online poll) would like to see banned, retired, and avoided. Listed below are some of their selections.
The lists[edit]
2017[edit]
Source [1] 2016[edit]
Source [2] 2015[edit]
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2014[edit]
2013[edit]
2012[edit]
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2011[edit]
2010[edit]
2009[edit]
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2008[edit]
Source [18]
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Banned more than once, still in use[edit]
ask for it by name (1999, 2000), awesome (1984, 2007), basically (1984, 1986, 1993), the bottom line (1979, 1992), classic (1982, 1989), enclosed please find (1985, 1989), exact same (1981, 1990), first time ever (1982, 1983), if you will (1984, 1991), incidences (1988, 1993), regardless (1979, 1988), live audience (1983, 1987, 1990), myself (1990, 1991), on a roll (1984, 1988), ongoing (1984, 1986, 1993), parenting (1978, 1991), passion/passionate (2013, 2014), proactive (1991, 1993), very unique (1983, 2002), viable alternative (1979, 1992), world class (1982, 1993), yuh know (1978, 1979)[19]
See also[edit]
- Word of the year - The most notable words of the year, when overused, tend to appear on lists of words and phrases to avoid.
- List of English idioms on Wiktionary
- Politics and the English Language - an essay by George Orwell, in which Orwell discusses obfuscation and deception in political language by using clichés and hackneyed phrases.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Here's a Bigly List of 'Banned' Words You, Sir, Shouldn't Use". NBC News. 01 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "'Manspreading,' 'Price Point,' 'Stakeholder' on University's List of 'Banished' Words for 2016 - ABC News". ABC News. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "TIME apologizes for including 'feminist' in poll of words to ban". PBS. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ↑ "Lake Superior State University's 40th Annual List of Banished Words". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ↑ "Which Word Should Be Banned in 2015?". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ↑ "2014 List of Banished Words". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- ↑ "20 of 2013's most overused words". BBC. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ↑ "2013 List of Banished Words". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ↑ "Words for the Dumpster". New York Times. 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ↑ "2012 List of Banished Words". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ↑ "Poll: What word should be banished in 2012?". Time. 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ↑ "2011 List of Banished Words". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ↑ "The Most Over-used Business Buzzwords of 2011". Forbes. 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ↑ "2010 List of Banished Words". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ↑ "The Buzzwords of 2009". New York Times. 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ↑ "2009 List of Banished Words". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ↑ "'New Normal' Tops 2009 List of Overused Phrases". Bloomberg. 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ↑ "2008 List of Banished Words". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ↑ "Complete List of Banished Words". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
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