Flint's Best Mix » banished words http://wcrz.com Cars 108 Flint's Best Mix Tue, 21 May 2013 14:18:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The True Story Behind LSSU's Yearly List of Banned Words http://wcrz.com/origin-history-of-lssu-annual-banned-banished-words/ http://wcrz.com/origin-history-of-lssu-annual-banned-banished-words/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:59:39 +0000 George McIntyre http://wcrz.com/?p=159508 Lake Superior State University has released its list of banished words for 2013. But how did the tradition of eliminating overused and nonsensical words begin?

There's an interesting story behind the yearly ritual.

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Each year, Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, issues its annual list of words that should be forever banned.

Check out the words that made this year's list, due to overuse, and general uselessness.

]]> http://wcrz.com/12-words-banned-for-2012/feed/ 0 LSSU Facebook Our first A-Ha Moment of 2011 http://wcrz.com/the-first-a-ha-moment-of-2011/ http://wcrz.com/the-first-a-ha-moment-of-2011/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:28:13 +0000 Wright Wilson http://wcrz.com/?p=3187 The American People have spoken! And again this year, our friends up north at Lake Superior State University have collected the latest batch of words and phrases that should be branded as epic fails. How many of these do you find yourself using in everyday conversation?

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