The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's forty-eighth List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness -- plus NPI's additions! |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Sunday, January 1st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays, Humor & Satire |
| Other Tags: | New Year's Day |
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| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's forty-seventh List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness -- plus NPI's additions! |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Saturday, January 1st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays, Humor & Satire |
| Other Tags: | New Year's |
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| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's forty-sixth List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness -- plus NPI's additions! |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Friday, January 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays, Humor & Satire |
| Other Tags: | New Year's |
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| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's forty-fifth List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness -- plus NPI's additions! |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays, Humor & Satire |
| Other Tags: | New Year's |
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| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's forty-fourth List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Other Tags: | New Year's |
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| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse, and General Uselessness for 2018, plus NPI's additions. This year, we're banishing "Alternative Facts", "Thoughts and Prayers", "Zero Sum Game", "Hive Mind", "Woke", and "Not/Shouldn't Be a Partisan Issue". |
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| Published at: | 11:16 PM on Saturday, December 30th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Other Tags: | New Year's |
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| Excerpt: | Every year since 1976, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University has released a thoughtful and humorous “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness”. Here is the 2017 (and forty-second annual) edition, for your reading enjoyment on this New Year’s Eve: YOU, SIR - Hails from a more civilized era […] |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Saturday, December 31st, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Other Tags: | New Year's |
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| Excerpt: | Every year since 1976, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University has released a thoughtful and humorous “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness”. Here is the 2016 (and forty-first annual) edition, for your reading enjoyment on this New Year’s Eve: SO — So the word that received the most […] |
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| Published at: | 9:48 AM on Thursday, December 31st, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Other Tags: | New Year's |
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| Excerpt: | Every year since 1976, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University has released a thoughtful and humorous “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness”. Here is the 2015 (and fortieth annual) edition, for your reading enjoyment on this New Year’s Day: BAE — One of the top nominees. “Meaning ‘before […] |
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| Published at: | 8:55 AM on Thursday, January 1st, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Other Tags: | New Year's |
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| Excerpt: | Every year since 1976, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University has released a thoughtful and humorous “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness”. Here is the 2014 (and thirty-ninth annual) edition, for your reading enjoyment: SELFIE — Has the honor of receiving the most nominations this year. “People have taken […] |
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| Published at: | 9:16 AM on Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays, Humor & Satire, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | New Year's |
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| Excerpt: | Editor’s note: This post was originally published on December 30th, 2012, and republished on New Year’s Day 2013. Every year since 1976, Michigan’s Lake Superior State University has released a thoughtful and humorous “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness”. Here is the 2013 (and thirty-eighth annual) edition, for […] |
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| Published at: | 9:23 AM on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays, Series & Special Reports |
| Other Tags: | New Year's Day |
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