2004 List of Banished Words

[asthenos]

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - Hardly looking 'metrosexual,' a 'shocked and awed' Lake Superior State University Word Banishment selection committee emerged from its spider hole with its annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness

Comments

[fadingneonlight]

I do hate the word BLING-BLING. It annoys me everytime I hear it.

[asthenos]

It's just one more reason to hate rap, aside from the invariable references to big butts.

[fadingneonlight]

i hate rap, period. i don't know why a lot of people like it. oh, and i really cringed when mcdonalds over here made their commercial jingles all hiphop and that. black culture.. never liked it at all.

[asthenos]

i hate rap, period.

You should hear The Yes Yes Show by Parokya ni Edgar, though. It's a fun song.

[the_hierophant]

LOL

Yes, please. Please.

[asthenos]

LOL

[experimentego]

Hahaha. Marketers are silly. Isn't the Generation X demographic pushing 40 by now? While they do have a lot of purchasing power, I thought they were aiming for the impulsive spenders, which as far as most are concerned was Generation X 15 years ago, when they were still called Generation X.

As for text messagers who use lol, I must say that "Hahaha" isn't that hard to spell and it's even damn easier with a dictionary.

There's more I could say about the rest, but most of those would entail explaining them which, as we all know, completely kills the fun of the joke.

[asthenos]

Hahaha. Marketers are silly.

Too true. Why do we never hear about other generations, anyway?