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cheddargirl wrote:

You know, I'm looking at this banished word list and I'm just wondering - what exactly is it? It is a list of words that they don't like? Is it a list of words that are not encouraged in academic use? I'm confused. 

To me, it's all just one big fail in the wild, wacky, confused world of business where everyone walks around in the most ridiculous of business suits and shoves their copyrights and patents down everyone's throats (reference to Namco). What a sad world to live in and what do you know, we live in it. 
WindozeNT

Thats only at that school....Banning those words Nationally would cause a massive uprising.

johndo77 wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

You know, I'm looking at this banished word list and I'm just wondering - what exactly is it? It is a list of words that they don't like? Is it a list of words that are not encouraged in academic use? I'm confused. 

I think it's just words they don't like. They think complaining will get all the 6 billion people in the world to stop using them.

Hmm, I just decided to do a Google search and came up with this:

The list reflects overused and played-out phrases that should be forcibly retired from intelligent discourse. Some items on the 2011 list make sense to discard, but others will be pretty tough to remove from everyday use.

Source: http://www.nowpublic.com/style/lake-superior-state-university-banished-words-list-2011-2743815.html

The "intelligent discourse" this is the part that's throwing me off in trying to figure out the purpose of this list. I have nothing against people using those words (except maybe "refudiate"  ) in everyday talk, but, with exception to a few words like "viral", I'd certainly cringe if some of the words on the list fell into the lexicon of serious discussion (political debates, for example). 

Last edited by cheddargirl (2011-01-03 20:59:10)

WindozeNT wrote:

Really all it is basically just big business hating on speech. Corrupting the world one word at a time.

That's depressing...

I think it's kind of a joke. Here's what I got from http://www.lssu.edu/banished/

It may have been word of the year in some wheelhouses, but "refudiate" wasn't looked upon favorably by many who sent in nominations for Lake Superior State University's 36th annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness, which was released on New Year's Eve.

In a busy U.S. election year, "the American People" told LSSU they were tired of not only "refudiate," but also "mama grizzlies" who wanted their opponents to "man up."

But words and phrases related to technology and the way we communicate dominated the list for 2011, including "viral," "epic," "fail," and the use of websites "Facebook" and "Google" as verbs. "Viral" received the most nominations.

The "back story" on LSSU's popular list began on Jan. 1, 1976, when former LSSU Public Relations Director Bill Rabe and a group of friends each contributed a few expressions that they disliked to form the first list. After that, the nominations stacked up for future lists and Rabe's group, known then as The Unicorn Hunters, didn't have to make up its own list again. LSSU receives well over 1,000 nominations annually through its website, lssu.edu/banished.

And now, here's a look at the 2011 list. Get ready for the "wow factor!" It's full of "epic" "a-ha moments" that are sure to "viral." It's a no-"fail" list that you'll be "facebooking" and "googling" with your "BFFs." "Just sayin'."

It seems to be like one of those "Stupidest News Stories of 2010" or "Best New Websites of 2010" lists, except it's "Words and Phrases that Annoy Us from 2010." I really don't think they're actually attempting to ban their usage.

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PW132 wrote:

WindozeNT wrote:

@PW132 Yes, it sadly is.

To quote a fictional crime obsessed clown, why so serious?

LOLWUT?

WindozeNT wrote:

Y E A H  I  K N O W ,  R I G H T ?

Exactly. They should really M A N - U P and let us L I V E L I F E T O T H E F U L L E S T, instead of E P I C ly F A I L ing.

Last edited by TheGameMaster1231 (2011-01-04 19:47:48)

Even though this is slightly related to politics, they're hating America's youth. The American People, Mama Grizzlies, whatever that R-word that they said a certain
(Not --->) part-time female politician misspelled, and a few others, they're just hating on America. A-Ha! I just realized that they hate the words that the students use to describe their life. They're stopping them from living life to the fullest. They have epic failed trying to ban these words. Spread the message, and make this go viral.
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Whoa, that was a lot. I did it. Now make this spread like the wind, or like jelly on a sandwich spread by a knife.

rufflebee wrote:

Lucario621 wrote:

g*y

The forums don't censor gay
They shouldn't either

They'll only remove it if it is offensive.

What if someone is writing a report on viruses and the computer wouldn't let them type "viral" 

WindozeNT wrote:

kimmy123 wrote:

WindozeNT wrote:

Well tell them this: My BFF is an epic fail. See how they like it.

My VIRAL BFF is a EPIC FAIL at MANing UP to the BACK STORY that TWITTERed and GOOGLEd at LIVing LIFE TO THE FULLEST AMERICAN PEOPLE.

Well done! *thumbs up*

aw i was gonna do that :c


anyways this whole thing is incredibly fail. "American People" should be BANNED doesnt that make me cool desu yo"

Fail? (Well it is a fail duh)

Epic? (Okay everyone uses it they cant be Nazis about it)

Man up? (what. How is that sexist im a girl and thats not sexist at all

And backstory? That's completely fine!

























Sounds like a bunch of stuck up teachers trying to ban words just because "I dun like it."