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2010 List of Banned Words

Lake Superior State University has released its annual list of “banished words”; words they consider trite, overused, annoying, or a combination of all three. Following below is the list, with my comments in italics:
SHOVEL-READY
“Apparently, the generally accepted definition of this phrase is to imply that a project has been completely designed and all that [...]

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Telling It Like It Is

This morning I was browsing on the Yahoo home page where I saw the title of an article “10 Ways to Make Your Boss Happy”.  Rolling my eyes, I went to read the article but found out it was a video, which I cannot run on my slow, crappy dialup.   But I’m sure it [...]

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I visited the Time Magazine website today, where they had a list of who they considered to be the 100 most influential people in the world.  The list was broken down into several categories.
Michelle Obama made the list, which isn’t surprising, considering who she married to.   Having the ear of the President of the United [...]

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