Chamblee54

The new year would not be the same without Lake Superior State University’s 40th Annual List of Banished Words. Idea challenged chamblee54 wrote about LSSULOBW in 2014, 2013, 2011, and 2009. Every year, someone in the frozen north chooses a list of words they would like to see less of.
Contest winners were presented in ALL CAPS. This custom needs to be banished. Chamblee 54 has retyped the dirty dozen phrases. bae, polar vortex, hack, skill set, swag, foodie, curate / curated, friend-raising, cra-cra, enhanced interrogation, takeaway, -nation
This is a special year for word banning. In November, Time magazine announced the list of contestants for Which Word Should Be Banned in 2015? One of the possibilities was feminist. Politically correct knickers twisted from coast to coast. An apology was issued. As this feature is written, the contest winner has not been announced.
Feminist and appropriation are used to fill out the tribute poem today. While racism/racist are woefully misused and overused, the sounds they produce did not meet the needs of this poem. Other pictures are from The Library of Congress.