How about “Let me be perfectly clear?” The annual list of banished words.

I know this is just for fun – just a joke – but I still enjoy how the annual list of banned words comes from a university.

If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared “shovel-ready” to be “unfriended” by a U.S. university’s annual list of terms that deserve to be banned.

“Sexting,” “unfriending,” teachable moment, and czar are among this year’s selections. As is:

…an odd assortment of Obama-related constructions such as Obamacare and Obamanomics.

“We say Obamanough already,” the LSSU committee said.

I’m not sure whether to laugh or gag.

Also:

Male acquaintances need to find another word than “bromance” for their friendships..

Where, exactly, do guys use that word? Not anywhere I’ve been. And:

… the combination of “chillin” and “relaxin’” into “chillaxin” was an easy pick for banishment.

Never heard of that one, either.

This is the 35th annual list of banished words, compiled by Lake Superior State University: waaaaaay up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Up in da UP, fer cry-eye, where English is like a second language to them. The complete list is here. Classic!

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