Banned Words of 2010™: Q3 Update

New items since last update in BOLD. We'll cull this list down to maximum ten in December. Meanwhile, add your suggestions in comments.

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

1. Recession
2. Sausage grinder (re the legislative process)
3. Gunman
4. Bonus
5. Teachable Moment
6. Lockdown
7. Too big to fail
8. Octomom
9. Toxic assets
10. Stress Test
11. Obamism
12. Color Story (I love "Project Runway", but Tim Gunn, I beg you to stop "Color Story" dead in in tracks before I sick Nina Garcia on you.)
13. Green shoots (re the economy)
14. Temperament
15. The New New (or The New Normal)
16. Twitter
17. Bánh mì
18. Swarovski crystals
19. Empathy
20. New media, including but not limited to "Social Networking"
21. Tablescape (Cut it out, Food Network!) (h/t pal Sexy Pixie)
22. Closely watched yardstick
23. Compromise/Bipartisan
24. Emboldened
25. Cougar
26. Serious
27. Walk back (As in "Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is walking back his comments about party boss Rush Limbaugh." (Blame Josh Marshall for this one.)
28. Baby Bump (This one has simply got to stop.)
29. Fascism
30. Statement Jewelry
31. Perfidious (This one is Steve Simels' fault.)
32. Gang of [INSERT NUMBER OF SENATORS HERE]
33. Socialism
34. Digital
35. Czar/Tsar
36. Devastate/Devastated/Devastating (Perspective, please! Rejection from Harvard Law and being forced to "settle" for NYU is not "devastating." Missing a trip to Cancún because a tropical storm precluded your plane from taking off is disappointing, not "devastating". Not getting tickets for the Streisand Village Vanguard show is not "devastating." Devastate means " to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action" or "to reduce to chaos, disorder, or helplessness". Trust me: you are not devastated.)
37. Post-Racial