A minimum five-year banishment of both words is suggested so they will not be available during the next federal election." Matthew Mattila, ... Lake Superior State University 2009 List of Banished Words

On Dec. 31, 1975, former LSSU Public Relations Director Bill Rabe and his colleagues cooked up an idea to banish overused words and phrases. Rabe distributed the list on New Year's Day.

The 'banned words' on the LGA list are not ones which the LGA think that people don't understand, they are a collection of common words which have been gradually stripped of their true meaning...

All these words are banned from U.S. textbooks on the grounds that they either elitist (polo, yacht) sexist (babe, boyish figure), offensive (blind, bookworm) ageist (biddy) or just too strong

Banned Words, Images, and Topics; A Glossary that Runs from the Offensive to the Trivial ... A Glossary of Banned Words; Dialect (banned as ethnocentric, use sparingly, replace with language) [SF-AW];

In other words either it was a hit and run or it wasn’t. The allegation is that it was committed by person A, not that it happened. ... Banned for Life is totally reader-driven -- which means new

Tory Bowen says she knows what happened to her on the morning of Oct. 31, 2004. ... The Lancaster County Attorney’s Office had argued the words would imply Bowen consented to have sex.

Being free-thinkers, we leave it up to you how you might wish to deal with those critics and reviewers who continue to employ such words. ... Bright Lights Film Journal's; Banned Words

Leave a comment and let us know what 2008 word you think should be banned forever. ... 51 comments to "It's That Time of Year Again: Banned Words for 2009"

The full list of the 200 words and phrases banned by the Local Government Association. ... Here is the full list of 200 words which the Local Government Association says should not be used by councils: