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  Lake Superior State University’s 2012 List of Banished Words – Are you going to observe the ban?

  4957 readersAround this time last year, we took a look at the annual list of banned words published by Lake Superior State University. We saw the likes of “tweet“, “app“, “teachable moment“, “bromance“, and “friend” (as a verb) included in the list. To be honest, while I started out with the intention of observing whether or not

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  Lake Superior State University’s Lists of Banished Words and Phrases – Guilty as charged

  834 readersWe all have our pet peeves, and for writers, this is especially true when it comes to word usage.  I am sure that all of you will be able to come up with your own list of banished words and phrases, but I wonder how your list will compare to what Lake Superior State University

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  2009 Word of the Year Lists, Part II

  799 readersLake Superior State University has a different take on "Word of the Year" lists. Each year, students at LSSU review a list of words that has been nominated "for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness" to form a "Banished Words List" for the future y...

• Banished Words from GalleyCat Readers

  5557 readers@GalleyCat I’m banishing must-have, must-read, must-fillintheblank. — Kathleen Willoughby (@kwillowb) January 4, 2012 Yesterday we shared the 2012 List of Banished Words created by the activist grammarians at Lake Superior State University. Since then our readers have added more than 20 more words to their collection of overused, abused and fake words that infect our language. We’ve

• Banished Words from GalleyCat Readers

  6021 readers@GalleyCat I’m banishing must-have, must-read, must-fillintheblank. — Kathleen Willoughby (@kwillowb) January 4, 2012 Yesterday we shared the 2012 List of Banished Words created by the activist grammarians at Lake Superior State University. Since then our readers have added more than 20 more words to their collection of overused, abused and fake words that infect our language. We’ve

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  Comparing Annual Word Lists (Michigan Edition)

  1379 readersA topic of mention on many blogs and websites recently has been the publication of Lake Superior State University's 2011 Banished Words List. For those who do not know, Lake Superior State University is located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.Interestingl...

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  Banished Words of 2012

  5056 readers The activist grammarians at Lake Superior State University have released their 2012 List of Banished Words, a collection of overused, abused and fake words that infected our language this year. The hardboiled English monitors singled out a host of words, including “amazing,” “baby bump,” “man cave” and “occupy.” What words would you like to banish from

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  Banished Words of 2012

  5265 readers The activist grammarians at Lake Superior State University have released their 2012 List of Banished Words, a collection of overused, abused and fake words that infected our language this year. The hardboiled English monitors singled out a host of words, including “amazing,” “baby bump,” “man cave” and “occupy.” What words would you like to banish from

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  University of Michigan Library Delays Sharing of Orphan Works

  11947 readersToday the University of Michigan Library decided to postpone its HathiTrust project until they can correct “a number of errors” in the list of books they deemed orphan works. Here’s more from the release: “The close and welcome scrutiny of the list of potential orphan works has revealed a number of errors, some of them

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  Infographic Explores Top Ten Banned Or Challenged Books Of 2010

  3432 readersAs readers around the country celebrate Banned Books Week, The Huffington Post has created a massive infographic with excerpts from the top ten of the 348 books that were threatened in school libraries or curriculum last year. Follow this link to explore the graphic with a laundry list of controversial themes, including: “homosexuality,” “religious viewpoint,” “unsuited