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Tag Archives: New Year's Day

Banished Words for 2023

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!
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Holidays, Humor & Satire
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Banished Words for 2013

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 […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Holidays, Series & Special Reports
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