Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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...
  1. Frenemies
  2. Social Media
  3. Sexting
  4. Obamabot
  5. How's that workin' out for ya? (courtesy (you never did) The Kenosha Kid)
  6. Establishment
  7. Mainstream
  8. Lamestream (courtesy Michael from comments)
  9. Emboldened (courtesy Anonymous from comments)
  10. Litmus Test
  11. Blowout preventer
  12. Top Kill (courtesy Iko from comments)
  13. Real Housewives of ___________
  14. Gaga
  15. Junk Shot (courtesy Iko from comments)

17 comments:

Tom Goodrich said...

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

pansypoo said...

oil. can we eliminate oil?

Iko said...

(1) Top Kill

(2) Junk Shot (maybe we should keep this one; it's almost funny)

(3) It is what it is

res ipsa loquitur said...

Oh, "Junk Shot" is good. Adding that. Thanks.

And "Top Kill" is good, too.

zeppo said...

Slammed. I am really getting tired of everyone getting slammed by someone or another...

Jscopes said...

Going forward.

Trending.

I just wish they would stop.

Mustang Bobby said...

Bromance.

Some guy in Austin said...

c'mon, at least 'junk shot' sounds dirty.

pansypoo said...

is 'drill baby drill' on the list?

Anonymous said...

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.

Michael said...

Lamestream.

Athenawise said...

AWK-ward!

Marcellina said...

This may already be on a previous year's list, but I'm nominating "vajayjay", because, unfortunately, it's still around.

Mr. Hedley Bowes said...

"Gulf spill" It is ~not~ a spill. It's an oil volcano.

Mr. Hedley Bowes said...

"Pressie" or "Presso" to describe a PowerPoint presentation.

Anonymous said...

"Double down."

Anonymous said...

I want "literally" permanently banned from American English!