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WORD WATCHERS RELEASE 2017 LIST OF BANISHED WORDS
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Wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University , Sault Ste . Marie , Mich ., announced their 42nd annual list of words banished from the queen ' s English for mis-use , over-use and general uselessness , notes Grumpy Editor .
The keen-eyed word watchers target pet peeves from everyday speech , as well as from news plus education , technology , advertising and political fields .
Among the latest , with the word watchers ' comments :
You , sir - Hails from a more civilized era when duels were the likely outcome of disagreements .
Focus - Good word , but overused when concentrate or look at would work fine . Town hall meeting - Candidates seldom debate in town halls anymore . Guesstimate - When guess and estimate are never enough .
Historic - Thrown around far too much . What ' s considered as such is best left to historians .
Manicured - As in a manicured lawn . Golf greens are the closest grass comes to being manicured .
Echo chamber - Lather , rinse and repeat . After a while , everything sounds the same .
On fleek - Anything that is on-point , perfectly executed , or looking good . Needs to return to its genesis : perfectly groomed eyebrows .
Ghost - To abruptly end communication , especially on social media . Dadbod - The flabby opposite of a chiseled-body male ideal .
Selfie drone - In what could be an ominous development , the selfie --- an irritating habit of constantly photographing and posting oneself to social media - -- is being handed off to a flying camera .
Frankenfruit - Another food group co-opted by " frankenfood ."
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