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That's certainly true ... but it's also apparently the case that some people will run across something that they don't agree with - say an opinion or an idea perhaps - and rather than actually addressing that opinion, idea, or whatever itself, they attempt to denigrate the holder or espouser of it ... sometimes thru the use of covert, indirect ad hominem ...People mock what they don't understand.
Now that's pretty funny ...Then again, if you're not careful you end up like this:
Soon as I read "banned words" my Spidey Sense told me something wasn't right. The words haven't been banned. The words are on the university's annual New Year's Eve list of words that they are recommending to be banished, or removed, from the Queen's English for "Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness."Interestingly enough, hashtag is among the banned words of 2014 along with selfie and others at Lake Superior State University and perhaps other places tired of the extreme overexposure.
Banished word list: Lake Superior State University - chicagotribune.comThe Lake Superior State University 2014 List of Banished Words features 13 entries that range from popular in the mainstream to ones that might be new to you.
So which words should you avoid at your New Year's celebrations this year?
Selfie, as in photos people take of themselves and share on social media, was the most nominated word this time around. In his submission to the list, someone named David from Lake Mills, Wis., wrote: "It's a lame word. It's all about me, me, me. Put the smartphone away. Nobody cares about you."
And speaking of all about me, me, me, another entry that finished high on the list was twerk or twerking, the interesting body movements made popular by Miley Cyrus.
Other words that made this year's cut include:
--Hashtag
--Twittersphere
--Mister Mom
--T-bone, not as in the steak, but as in the automobile accident
--______ on steroids (always fun when you get to insert your own word)
--Anything ending in -ageddon and -pocalypse
--Intellectually/morally bankrupt (interesting, in that they're one entry to describe political words)
--Obamacare (no explanation needed)
--Adversity (a football term)
--Fan base
Last year's most nominated word was fiscal cliff, along with double down, YOLO and spoiler alert. You can see all the words over the years here.
The tongue-in-cheek banishment list began as a publicity ploy for little-known Lake Superior State University, located in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The first list was dreamed up by public relations director W.T. (Bill) Rabe and friends at a New Year's Eve party in 1975. The following day, he released the list and the tradition has continued since. The university accepts submissions all year long.
What ?Soon as I read "banned words" my Spidey Sense told me something wasn't right. The words haven't been banned.
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