"It's not truly to damage the words, it's to bring some attention to the fact that we're misusing or overusing certain words.

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 ...

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.

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

Free speech advocates are crying foul after they say an Iowa social studies teacher banned the use of a lengthy list of words and phrases in her classroom, including the name of an entire state.

It's time to stop using these words, according to Lake Superior State University, which has unveiled the 2025 Banished Words ...