2008 list of banished words or phrases

[soccerballtux]

Web 2.0, as well as web 3.0.

 

[DangerAardvark]

How am I supposed to refer to water boarding? Water sports? Moisture misuse?

 

[Shawn]

Terrible 0 stars

 

[Flyback]

This is true
( they forgot at least one *hint* )

 

[ObiDon]

what happens in queens english stays in queens english

 

[foghorn67]

"Campy" and "genre" need to go as well.

 

[Chaotic42]

Zeitgeist, meme, and any kind of speak related to those stupid kitten posters.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Stupid list is stupid.

lol that was my exact first thought

 

[IronWing]

Waterboarding and surge need to stay in usage as long as they are relevant, which, sadly, they are.

Sweet is on at least it's second go round. It was very popular (and annoying) in ~1978-79.

If pop goes then I insist that push, shift, and unshift also take a dive.

 

[dighn]

sweet, Webinar is on it

most of those words have perfectly legitimate uses in various disciplines. I know they "ban" them in jest but it still reeks of arrogance.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: homercles337
Can we add "vote ron paul" to the list?

Edit: better yet, how about "i used to be neocon, but now im libertarian!"

Don't worry... that one will go away in a few weeks.

 

[foghorn67]

Oh, another one. "Draw a bead on it."
thanks Katrina.

 

[MovingTarget]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
How can you banish the word pop? Most of the midwest US calls carbonated, sugar flavored beverages that.

Any true red-blooded American would know that it is properly called a Coke, no matter the flavor or brand. They can deal.

 

[Mucho]

? under the bus. never heard of this one.

 

[Throckmorton]

Why would "waterboarding" be banned?

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Why would "waterboarding" be banned?

So folks would shut the hell up about the criminal exploits of the Bush administration.