Banned Words of 2010™: Pre-Thanksgiving Edition

Had to update the list again, because the blogs and media have yet another new favorite word that is really starting to annoy me. As always, new items in BOLD. Add your suggestions in comments. We'll cull this list to ten in December.

Because it's never too early to put the world on notice...

1. Slams. As in "X slams Y'. Biggest offenders: The Huffington Post and, sadly, Josh Marshall's TalkingPointsMemo. (Damnit, TPM! STOP IT! It's again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again with this construction! Enough!)
   
2. Dither/Dithering (Dee Loralei from comments)
3. Gamechanger
4. Recession
5. Sausage grinder (re the legislative process)
6. Gunman
7. Bonus
8. Teachable Moment
9. Lockdown
10. Too big to fail
11. Octomom
12. Toxic assets
13. Stress Test
14. Obamism
15. Color Story
16. Green shoots (re the economy)
17. Temperament
18. The New New (or The New Normal)
19. Twitter
20. Bánh mì
21. Swarovski crystals
22. Empathy
23. New media, including but not limited to "Social Networking"
24. Tablescape (Cut it out, Food Network!) (h/t pal Sexy Pixie)
25. Closely watched yardstick
26. Compromise/Bipartisan
27. Emboldened
28. Cougar
29. Serious
30. Walk back (As in "Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is walking back his comments about party boss Rush Limbaugh."
31. Baby Bump
32. Fascism
33. Statement Jewelry
34. Perfidious (This one is Steve Simels' fault.)
35. Gang of [INSERT NUMBER OF SENATORS HERE]
36. Socialism
37. Digital
38. Czar/Tsar
39. Devastate/Devastated/Devastating
40. Post-Racial