A list that I look forward to every year.

Which banished word are you most happy about seeing on this year's list? I'm happy to see "my bad" (ugh!) make it to the list.

Which word(s) do you wish were on the list?

#banishedwords
#words #slang #LSSU
#2026BanishedWords

https://www.lssu.edu/resources/about-lssu/traditions/banishedwords/

As always, Lake Superior State University has impeccable sensibilities with banishing words.
"Gifted," "Incentivize," and "Reach Out" are particularly worthy of banishment for 2026, in my opinion.

https://www.lssu.edu/resources/about-lssu/traditions/banishedwords/

#lssu #english #grammar

Some words should never be forgotten. Some words should be banished, or at least suffer a moratorium, due to misuse, overuse, and general uselessness. I appreciate both Malcolm Guite’s and Lake Superior State University’s sensitivity to appropriate word-forgetting and salvation from word-forgetting.

Appreciate LSSU’s 2025 Banished Words List: https://www.lssu.edu/resources/about-lssu/traditions/banishedwords/

Appreciate Guite’s Lament for Oxford Junior Dictionary’s deletions: https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/a-lament-for-lost-words/

#banishedwords #lssu #vocabulary #words #grammar #poetry

😂 “Not everything is amazing; and when you think about it, very little is”..... "Sleuth confession: 'It makes my hair hurt.' ”

I always look forward to this annual publication. Their explanations never fail to make me smile--and often clap & cheer. If you need random entertainment today, go read. And/or pull up the archives from past years. 😂

#WritingCommunity #TiresomeGrammarPolice
#LSSU

https://www.lssu.edu/traditions/banishedwords/

Amazing: Lake Superior State University announces list of words, phrases that should be banished in 2023. #LSSU

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/01/01/lake-superior-state-university-announces-list-of-words-phrases-that-should-be-banished-in-2023/