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  2. 'Wait, what?' quip tops school's annual banished words list

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    The judges of a Michigan university's cheeky annual “Banished Words List" have a message for texting and tweeting Americans: Your “wait, what?” joke is lame. The phrase topped Lake Superior ...

  3. These are the most mispronounced words of 2024 - AOL

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    The company published a list of the most mispronounced words of the year in the United States and the United Kingdom on Wednesday, including foreign words that have entered the English lexicon for ...

  4. Decimation (punishment) - Wikipedia

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    On the first day of the ... and the Lake Superior State University annual "Banished Words List" in 2008. ... This page was last edited on 25 September 2024, ...

  5. Lake State banishes familiar but problematic words and terms ...

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    Lake Superior State University has unveiled its annual Banished Words List for 2022.

  6. Lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year - Wikipedia

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    The Words of the Year usually reflect events that happened during the years the lists were published. For example, the Word of the Year for 2005, 'integrity', showed that the general public had an immense interest in defining this word amid ethics scandals in the United States government, corporations, and sports. [1]

  7. Weapon of mass destruction - Wikipedia

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    Because of its prolific use and (worldwide) public profile during this period, the American Dialect Society voted "weapons of mass destruction" (and its abbreviation, "WMD") the word of the year in 2002, [24] and in 2003 Lake Superior State University added WMD to its list of terms banished for "Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness" (and ...

  8. What is the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year? - AOL

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    Last month, on Nov. 14, Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words and the world had the opportunity to vote for its favorite. Language experts from the publishing house of the ...

  9. List of last words (21st century) - Wikipedia

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    It'll be a special day, and I hope the kids will enjoy it and be inspired by it." [271] — Willie Mays, African-American professional baseball center fielder (17 June 2024) in a public statement on why he was not attending the MLB at Rickwood Field game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals on June 20. Mays died of heart ...