List of Banished Words!

Recent years have seen a myriad of brand-new words that are perpetually being added to dictionaries.

Now Lake Superior State University, has published its List of Banished Words. that includes "flip-flop"(and all variants thereof), "all-new"– referring to television shows… “Of course it’s all new. Why can’t they just say ‘new’? There are no partially-new episodes, no repeat of last Tuesday’s episode with a slightly reworked Act 2.”

LSSU accepts nominations for the List of Banished Words throughout the year. Go ahead! submit your nomination for the year 2006!