"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. Some people are sick and tired of hearing them," said LSSU President David ...

Lake Superior State University's 2025 list of banned words includes "cringe", "game changer", "era", "dropped", "IYKYK", ...

Well, if you come across any new special word, do let us know we will add that to this list. Ankit Gupta is a writer by profession and has more than 7 years of global writing experience on ...

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 ...

which has unveiled the 2025 Banished Words List. The list is an eagerly awaited tradition from the Sault Ste. Marie school, which dates back to 1976. The school says the list "shines a spotlight ...

Marie started the tradition in 1976 when former LSSU Public Relations Director Bill Rabe and his colleagues released the first “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use ...