Words and phrases to banish from English

[ITSec]

One New Year's tradition I always watch for is the list of words and phrases that are to be banished from the English language due to misuse, overuse, abuse, or just plain use at all. The list was started back in 1976 and became an instant success - at least in terms of popularity, Unfortunately, it has not been so successful in getting the various terms out of use among public speakers, the media, or the general population, For example, the word 'impact' (used as a verb instead of properly as a noun) was first listed in 1990, a quarter century ago, and can still be heard in misuse every day.

Take a look at this year's list ( http://www.lssu.edu/banished/ ), and check for your favorite on the all-time list ( http://www.lssu.edu/banished/complete_list.php ) - because chances are, it's there!

Maybe we should turn this thread into a contest to see who can build the largest number of these monstrosities into a single sentence? Something for those of you whose bikes are snowbound...

[oldbike54]

 Zero credibility , they have not yet banished "artisinal"(sp) 

  Dusty

[CalVin2007]

 AArrgghh!  I agree with the majority of the banned words. My currently most hated phrase:

  MAN CAVE

   I do not have a man cave. I have a shop,workshop,garage,work area...but there is no cave nor any reason to refer to it as such. Disgusting.

   Terry

[ken farr]

AArrgghh!  I agree with the majority of the banned words. My currently most hated phrase:

  MAN CAVE

   I do not have a man cave. I have a shop,workshop,garage,work area...but there is no cave nor any reason to refer to it as such. Disgusting.

   Terry

                                                   :1: :1:


kjf

[fotoguzzi]

AArrgghh!   

  MAN CAVE

my wife keep using that and I keep saying it's "the MacPad"

[Scud]

  MAN CAVE

   I do not have a man cave.

I don't have man cave either. I have a motorcycle temple. It's a place of worship.

[LowRyter]

I find this entire thread problematic.   So, the stakeholders should just walk it back IMO.

[Perazzimx14]

I too despise the term "Man Cave". At my house we have a shed, garage, basement, TV room and regular beer .

Others are:

"Forever home"
"Like"
"Manscaping"
 

 

[rob-mg]

AArrgghh!  I agree with the majority of the banned words. My currently most hated phrase:

  MAN CAVE

   I do not have a man cave. I have a shop,workshop,garage,work area...but there is no cave nor any reason to refer to it as such. Disgusting.

   Terry

Wouldn't worry about this one. It's become a joke, which suggests that it's on the way out.

But what do I know. I hated the word selfie, but it's increasingly clear that it has a function in the language.

[motogman]

AArrgghh!  I agree with the majority of the banned words. My currently most hated phrase:

  MAN CAVE

Man Cave made the list in 2012.

This year, the use of the word "So", often to start a sentence struck me.  I consider myself an old curmudgeon and not in touch with the times (just ask my 20 year old daughter - she will certainly confirm this) but I find that I have been using "so" in this way - ouch.  Since hear this list a week or so ago (appropriate use of so?), I have been listening more closely and have heard this usage often in news reporting, interview questioning etc.

[charlie b]

OK, who knows where man cave came from.  :)

I hate the word selfie and I hate the pictures themselves.

[Moto Fugazzi]

Cage or Cager should be banned when used in automobile context.
Ken

[Tom]

"You know what, I mean."  should be banned.  Know what I mean? :-0

[oldbike54]

So, got the scooter out of the man cave , leaving the cage . Decided to do a 110% putt , like you know a real bitchin ride .

 OK , not all of those terms made the "official" list , but I've heard WG members complain about every word or term 

  Dusty

[Tom]

So when will you delete this thread?

[oldbike54]

So when will you delete this thread?

 Geez Tom 

  Dusty

[Tom]

Asking a simple question.

[oldbike54]

I'm all in favour of this word. When it's used, I know immediately that I can stop listening or reading and get on with real life.

 What is "real life"?

  Dusty

[oldbike54]

Why on earth would you even ask that question in the context of talking about other human beings as "cagers", or the word that comes out of the mouths of a lot of the same people, "peds".

 Why is cager an insult ? Out here in the middle the term "ped " isn't used , but it sounds like an abbreviation for pedestrian . Never thought that word was an insult either , not used in that way .
Is this some inner city jargon used as insults ? What am I missing ? Would you prefer "person who drives cars"? , or , "person who walks" ? 

  Dusty

[Sasquatch Jim]

  How about bannishing the spelling of the word as banish?
 How about bannishing the way so many Guzzisti interchange the words brake and break?

 Okay, I just found out banish or bannish may be used so just concentrate on knowing which brake you are talking about.

[rob-mg]

Why is cager an insult ? Out here in the middle the term "ped " isn't used , but it sounds like an abbreviation for pedestrian . Never thought that word was an insult either , not used in that way .
Is this some inner city jargon used as insults ? What am I missing ? Would you prefer "person who drives cars"? , or , "person who walks" ? 

  Dusty

Sorry, only motorcyclists use the word "cager" and it is unquestionably pejorative. Who are you kidding?

Same for "ped".

[oldbike54]

  How about bannishing the spelling of the word as banish?
 How about bannishing the way so many Guzzisti interchange the words brake and break?

 Okay, I just found out banish or bannish may be used so just concentrate on knowing which brake you are talking about.

 Then you have the Missouri Breaks , which aren't in Missouri  That brakes breaks thing is probably a simple mistake .

 My brakes work great until they break .

  Dusty

[oldbike54]

Sorry, only motorcyclists use the word cager and it is unquestionably pejorative. Who are you kidding?

 We must live in distinctly different cultures . Made a couple of calls asking car driving family members
if cage or cager had a negative connotation . All I got was a confused response , "what are you talking about"? The term isn't racist , sexist , a reference to class or social standing , or a reference to country of origin .

 Dusty

[rob-mg]

We must live in distinctly different cultures . Made a couple of calls asking car driving family members
if cage or cager had a negative connotation . All I got was a confused response , "what are you talking about"? The term isn't racist , sexist , a reference to class or social standing , or a reference to country of origin .

 Dusty

"All I got was a confused response , "what are you talking about"?"

Bingo. Amazing that you don't understand the significance of that response.

[rob-mg]

Hi Dusty,

Not interested in getting into a prolonged debate about this.

You think that describing drivers of cars as cagers is OK.

I think that it is the kind of thing that I would hear from a 14 year old boy. 

I guess we're going to just have to disagree about this.

Cheers

[oldbike54]

"All I got was a confused response , "what are you talking about"?"

Bingo. Amazing that you don't understand the significance of that response.

 What significance , both family members knew what cage or cager means , they just seemed bemused at the notion that they were any kind of real insult . Kind of like biker , or car jockey , just meaningless bits of American slang . Hell dude , most of us here drive cars , and often times refer to the act as "caging it" or driving the cage" . It is possible to be TOO sensitive .

  Dusty

[rob-mg]

Hi Dusty,

As I said, we're just going to have to disagree about this.

Have a great 2016.

[canuguzzi]

Forget "cager" use SLED instead as it refers to the car, not the driver. No feelings get hurt and no one gets confused between cagers and codgers.

Its bit on the list either.

Seriously. So...

[travelingbyguzzi]

I sometimes take the cage to work. I don't see it as derogotory. If someone wants to get their panties in a wad over it, I can find much worse terms.
The term I curre.tly dislike is 'bespoke'.  Comes off as hipster doofusey. Bury 'bespoke' in 2016!

[nc43bsa]

The term that grinds my gears is "break it down."  The local news readers say that every day.

I wish I could convince them that I don't want my news stories "broken."