"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.

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

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

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

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 is out with its annual Banished Words List. It’s a tradition that dates back to 1976, when ...

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 ...

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

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