{"id":9199,"date":"2017-12-31T08:50:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T13:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=9199"},"modified":"2018-01-04T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T15:00:24","slug":"lake-superior-state-universitys-43nd-annual-list-of-banished-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/31\/lake-superior-state-universitys-43nd-annual-list-of-banished-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Superior State University\u2019s 43nd Annual List Of Banished Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dec 31, 2017 @ 08:50<\/b><\/p>\n

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The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University eschewed \u201cfake news\u201d and released LSSU\u2019s 43rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen\u2019s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve drilled down and unpacked tons of pre-owned words and phrases deemed impactful by hundreds of nominators during 2017,\u201d said an LSSU spokesperson. \u201cLet that sink in.\u201d<\/p>\n

LSSU\u2019s word banishment tradition is now in its fifth decade, and was started by the late W. T. Rabe, a public relations director at Lake Superior State University.<\/p>\n

Rabe and fellow LSSU faculty and staff came up with the first list of words and phrases that people love to hate at a New Year\u2019s Eve party in 1975, publishing it on Jan. 1, 1976. Though he and his friends created the first list from their own pet peeves about language, Rabe said he knew from the volume of mail he received in the following weeks that the group would have no shortage of words and phrases from which to choose for 1977. Since then, the list has consisted entirely of nominations received from around the world throughout the year.<\/p>\n

Through the years, LSSU has received tens of thousands of nominations for the list, which now includes almost 900 entries. Word-watchers target pet peeves from everyday speech, as well as from the news, fields of education, technology, advertising, politics and more. An editor makes a final cut in late December.<\/p>\n

And now, the 2018 list:<\/h3>\n

Unpack<\/strong> \u2013 Misused word for analyze, consider, assess. Concepts or positions are not packed, so they don\u2019t need to be unpacked.<\/p>\n

Tons<\/strong> \u2013 Refers to an exaggerated quantity, as in tons of sunshine or tons of work. \u2018Lots\u2019 would surely suffice.<\/p>\n

Dish<\/strong> \u2013 As in to dish out the latest rumor on someone. Let\u2019s go back to \u2018talks about\u2019 and leave dishes in the cupboard.<\/p>\n

Pre-owned<\/strong> \u2013 What is so disgraceful about owning a used car now and then?<\/p>\n

Onboarding \/ Offboarding<\/strong> \u2013 Creature from the HR Lagoon. We used to have hiring, training and orientation. Now we need to have an \u201conboarding\u201d process. Firings, quitting, and retirements are streamlined into \u201coffboarding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nothingburger<\/strong> \u2013 Says nothing that \u2018nothing\u2019 doesn\u2019t already. I\u2019ll take a quarter-pound of something in mine.<\/p>\n

Let that sink in<\/strong> \u2013 One could say shocking, profound, or important. Let that sink in.<\/p>\n

Let me ask you this<\/strong> \u2013 Wholly unnecessary statement. Just ask the question already.<\/p>\n

Impactful<\/strong> \u2013 A frivolous word groping for something \u2018effective\u2019 or \u2018influential.\u2019<\/p>\n

Covfefe<\/strong> \u2013 An impulsive typo, born into a 140-character universe, somehow missed by the autocorrect feature.<\/p>\n

Drill Down<\/strong> \u2013 Instead of expanding on a statement, we \u201cdrill down on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fake News<\/strong> \u2013 Once upon a time stories could be empirically disproved. Now \u2018fake news\u2019 is any story you disagree with.<\/p>\n

Hot Water Heater<\/strong> \u2013 Hot water does not need to be heated. \u2018Water heater\u2019 or \u2018hot water maker\u2019 will keep us out of hot water.<\/p>\n

Gig Economy<\/strong> \u2013 Gigs are for musicians and stand-up comedians. Now expanded to imply a sense of freedom and a lifestyle that rejects tradition in a changing economic culture. Runs a risk of sharecropping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dec 31, 2017 @ 08:50 The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University eschewed \u201cfake news\u201d and released LSSU\u2019s 43rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen\u2019s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. \u201cWe\u2019ve drilled down and unpacked tons of pre-owned words and phrases deemed impactful by hundreds of nominators during 2017,\u201d said an …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1130],"class_list":["post-9199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district","tag-lssu-banished-words"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 08:13:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9200,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199\/revisions\/9200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}