Lake Superior State University has released its annual list of words that should be banished because of “mis-use, over-use, and general uselessness.” The list is bound to annoy Randy Jackson, Larry The Cable Guy, and the producers of 24-hour news networks:
- Surreal
- Hunker down
- Person of interest
- Community of learners
- Up-or-down vote
- Breaking news
- Designer breed
- FEMA
- First-time caller
- Pass the savings on to you!
- 97% fat-free
- An accident that didn’t have to happen
- Junk science
- Git-r-done
- Dawg
- Talking points