The tradition dates back to 1976, with the first publishing of the “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for ...

Lake Superior State University reveals its annual list of banished words and phrases, citing misuse, overuse and uselessness.

LSSU has been compiling a lighthearted list of banished words every year since 1976, when the school's former public ...

That phrase comes in second on the 2025 list, which just “dropped” (no. 4). Crowning the common offenders at no. 1 is “cringe ...

Ever feel like you’ve run out of words? Just in time for the new year, the folks who decide what to fill our dictionaries ...

The new year just dropped and Lake Superior State University has announced this year’s list of banished words and phrases, ...

If you’re ready to make 2025 a game changer by retiring stale words that are just so cringe, Lake Superior State University can get behind that 100%. And IYKYK. And if you don’t? Sorry, not sorry.

In 2024, there's only one Word of the Year: "Sanewashing," which is defined as attempts by the media to normalize the ...

Lake Superior State University (LSSU) revealed the 2025 edition of its Banished Words List, a quirky tradition that dates ...