Banned Words of 2010™: War on Christmas Update

Time to start culling the list, even though I'm adding to it here. What needs to stay? What must go? The list can't be longer than ten once the clock strikes midnight on December 31st. New items in BOLD. Stuff I'm striking is, well, stricken.

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 TalkingPointsMemo.
2. Dither/Dithering
3. Granular (suggested by Professor Wagstaff)
4. Skill Set (suggested by Professor Wagstaff)
5. Shrill (suggested by AndyMN)
6. [INSERT SUBJECT OF SCANDAL DU JOUR HERE]-gate, e.g., "Custard-gate", "Gates-gate", etc. (suggested by noblejoanie)
7. Gamechanger
8. Recession
9. Sausage grinder (re the legislative process)
10. Gunman
11. Bonus
12. Teachable Moment
13. Lockdown
14. Too big to fail
15. Octomom
16. Toxic assets
17. Stress Test
18. Obamism
19. Color Story
20. Green shoots (re the economy)
21. Temperament
22. The New New (or The New Normal)
23. Twitter
24. Bánh mì
25. Swarovski crystals
26. Empathy
27. New media, including but not limited to "Social Networking"
28. Tablescape
29. Closely watched yardstick
30. Compromise/Bipartisan
31. Emboldened
32. Cougar
33. Serious
34. Walk back (As in "Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is walking back his comments about party boss Rush Limbaugh."
35. Baby Bump
36. Fascism
37. Statement Jewelry
38. Perfidious (This one is Steve Simels' fault.)
39. Gang of [INSERT NUMBER OF SENATORS HERE]
40. Socialism
41. Digital
42. Czar/Tsar
43. Devastate/Devastated/Devastating
44. Post-Racial