LSSU Banished Words for 2009

[Andrew]

LSSU issues 34th annual List of Words to be Banished

For those who aren't familar with the endeavour, you might want to check out the history of it here. In a nutshell, the banished words list is compiled every year and comprises of words that should be "banished" for "Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness".

This year's list:

1. GREEN
2. CARBON FOOTPRINT or CARBON OFFSETTING
3. MAVERICK
4. FIRST DUDE
5. BAILOUT
6. WALL STREET/MAIN STREET
7. (Insert Word Here)-MONKEY (as in codemonkey, webmonkey, etc)
8. <3
9. ICON or ICONIC
10. GAME CHANGER
11. "STAYCATION"
12. DESPERATE SEARCH
13. NOT SO MUCH
14. WINNER OF FIVE NOMINATIONS
15. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN

Explanations and further comments can be found in the link I posted.

[shadowgrin]

If I see one more corporation declare itself 'green,' I'm going to start burning tires in my backyard.

Best comment.

[Mikki]

You're a postmonkey Andrew.

[Andrew]

Well demonstrated.