Banished Words 2005
From Lake Superior State University comes the "Banished Words for 2005." As you will surely notice, 2GL has been guilty of using its share of these catchy words/phrases that quickly became cliches over the past year. Chief among the culprits are:
BLUE STATES/RED STATES
FLIP FLOP/FLIP FLOPPER/FLIP FLOPPING
BATTLEGROUND STATE
ENEMY COMBATANT
“… AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE”
BLOG
(For last year's list.)
1 Comments:
I want to add one to the list, and it should rise right to the top:
AT THE END OF THE DAY
This is the 00s version of the 80s-90s "IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS." ATEOTD is now quite shopworn, so take it off the shelf, boys, and pack it away in the basement.
At the conclusion of the diurne, I am ... Johnny Piano
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