Truthiness Makes the Trifecta! As I predicted, the
Classic Colbertism that won two Word of the Year awards has made it onto the
32nd L.S.S.U. List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness.
Other linguistic losers for 2007:
"Awesome",
"Gitmo",
"chipotle",
"undocumented alien*",
"pwn",
"search**" (effectively replaced by Google),
"gone missing",
"gone bad" (applied to things already bad, i.e. 'drug deal gone bad'),
"ask your doctor***",
"now playing in
theaters" (Dept. of Redundancy Dept.) and
"healthy food" (
healthful is healthier), as well as shorthand couple names like
"TomKat" (Would Bogart and Bacall have been
"BogCall"?),
"i-anything" (lucky for Apple they didn't get that 'iPhone' trademark), men saying "
we're pregnant" and
"boasts", as in 'boasts
amenities'. (
Previously)
posted by wendell
on Dec 31, 2006 -
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