Certain words grating you? A Michigan school wants to know
Lake Superior State University is accepting candidates for its 46th annual tongue-in-cheek list of words that should be banished. โItโs our tradition to publish the world-famous banished words list on Dec. 31 so that people donโt begin the new year by putting their foot in their mouth,โ LSSU President Rodney Hanley said. โNo-brainer โ which also made our list in the past.โThe deadline to submit online entries is 8 a.m. EST on Nov. 30. More than a dozen words or phrases were added last year, including โartisanal,โ โinfluencer,โ โliving my best lifeโ and โchirp.โThere are more than 1,000 banned words or phrases in the Lake Superior State archive. Rabe, who was public relations director, and faculty came up with the first list at a New Yearโs Eve party in 1975.