LSSU’s 32nd Annual Banished Words List

Those wacky lexicographers at Lake Superior State U have done it again, with their annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness. My favorite:

COMBINED CELEBRITY NAMES — Celebrity duos of yore — BogCall
(Bogart and Bacall), Lardy (Laurel and Hardy), and CheeChong (Cheech
and Chong) — just got lucky. "It’s bad enough that celebrities have to be the top news stories. Now
we’ve given them obnoxious names such as ‘Bragelina,’ ‘TomKat’ and
‘Bennifer.’" — M. Foster, Port Huron, Michigan.
"It’s so annoying, idiotic and so lame and pathetic that it’s
‘lamethetic.’" — Ed of Centreville, Virginia.

LSSU is accepting nominations for their 2008 list.

Tip from The Corner.