Banned Words of 2011™: Q2 Update
New items in bold. As always, please add your suggestions in comments.
Because it's never too early to put the world on notice...
Because it's never too early to put the world on notice...
- Frenemies
- Social Media
- Sexting
- Obamabot
- How's that workin' out for ya? (courtesy (you never did) The Kenosha Kid)
- Establishment
- Mainstream
- Lamestream (courtesy Michael from comments)
- Emboldened (courtesy Anonymous from comments)
- Litmus Test
- Blowout preventer
- Top Kill (courtesy Iko from comments)
- Real Housewives of ___________
- Gaga
- Junk Shot (courtesy Iko from comments)
17 Comments:
Here's a few off the top:
Think ... (as in, "If you're trying to save money, think staycation, not vacation.")
Staycation
Brand or branding (as in, "I've been thinking about how I can brand myself.")
Boots on the ground, or, increasingly, on the ground
oil. can we eliminate oil?
(1) Top Kill
(2) Junk Shot (maybe we should keep this one; it's almost funny)
(3) It is what it is
Oh, "Junk Shot" is good. Adding that. Thanks.
And "Top Kill" is good, too.
Slammed. I am really getting tired of everyone getting slammed by someone or another...
Going forward.
Trending.
I just wish they would stop.
Bromance.
c'mon, at least 'junk shot' sounds dirty.
is 'drill baby drill' on the list?
How about emboldened? If I hear that word one more time I'm might go out out, find the TV talking head who uttered it and and rip his tounge out.
Lamestream.
AWK-ward!
This may already be on a previous year's list, but I'm nominating "vajayjay", because, unfortunately, it's still around.
"Gulf spill" It is ~not~ a spill. It's an oil volcano.
"Pressie" or "Presso" to describe a PowerPoint presentation.
"Double down."
I want "literally" permanently banned from American English!
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