Just before the New Year, Lake Superior State University released its “List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness”, an annual list of terms that should be banned from use for the coming year. The popular list began on Jan. 1, 1976, when former LSSU PR Director Bill Rabe and a group of friends known then as “The Unicorn Hunters” each contributed a few expressions they disliked to form the inaugural list. Since then, LSSU receives well over 1,000 nominations annually through its website, lssu.edu/banished. Check out the 14 words nominated for banishment in 2011 after the jump!

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