These 13 annoying words are banned from 2016

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Pity the poor college professors who must deal with their students’ problematic vocabularies.

Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, has decided that enough is enough. The school released its 41st annual list of 13 words to banish in the new year, continuing a tradition started by a former public relations director.

The school receives thousands of submissions every year, but only a few make it to the list. The words are then accumulated into the school’s “Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness,” which now includes more than 800 definitions Read more…

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