ResourceShelf gives us an early peak at the Lake Superior State University 36th Annual Banished Words (2011) List. here they are:
+ Viral
+ Epic
+ Fail
+ Wow Factor
+ A-Ha Moment
+ Back Story
+ BFF
+ Man Up
+ Refudiate
+ Mama Grizzlies
+ The American People
+ Google and Facebook (as Verbs)
+ Live Life To The Fullest
There are examples on the website list.
Banished Word List Archive (1976-)
Alphabetical List of Banished Words
I have to say I hope ‘man up’ disappears from use. I can’t imagine telling a woman to ‘girly up’ since it would be ignorant, sexist, hurtful and just plain wrong. I get seriously annoyed every time I hear someone saying this phrase.
Two more useful lists are over at the M Word Blog:
Phrases and words that need to go!
Stephen
I still like Epic and Fail, but yeah … the rest can go.
Marie’s Hall of Shame 2010 gross grammatical errors. no forgiveness for these:
the arbitrary conversion of any noun into a verb ie “we architechted this IS” (this seems to be a particular IT geek phenomenon)
or “I was impacted greatly by his moving presentation” or EVEN WORSE “I found his speech very impactful” (a tooth is impacted)
i know not whence came these mortal tarnsgressions, but they must cease!
“gifted”