Lake Superior State University 2009 List of Banished Words

All these words and phrases are on Lake Superior State University's annual List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. The 34th version of the list was released Tuesday, which means, "It's that time of year again."

The school in Michigan's Upper Peninsula selected 15 entries from about 5,000 nominations.

Banned words for 2009:

1. GREEN
2. CARBON FOOTPRINT or CARBON OFFSETTING
3. MAVERICK
4. FIRST DUDE
5. BAILOUT
6. WALL STREET/MAIN STREET
7. MONKEY
8. ICON or ICONIC
9. GAME CHANGER
10. STAYCATION
11. DESPERATE SEARCH
12. NOT SO MUCH
13. WINNER OF FIVE NOMINATIONS
14. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN

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