I never want to hear the word ‘goose pimples’ again. It makes me think of acne birds, not bumps on your arms. Can we just stop saying it? And ‘bunion’, that too.
WHAT WORDS WOULD YOU BAN?
Is it meaning, context, sound or association that puts you off?
Can you sum up in a sentence the rage this word makes you feel?
For the last 36 years, Lake Superior State University has released annual lists of ‘Words Banished from the Queens English for Mis-use, General & Uselessness’. Today we’ll talk to LSU’s Thomas Pink, and see what made the cut for 2011.
The fantastic drummer, comedian and writer Jon Wurster is known for many things, and hating words is one of them. Today he’ll go through his WordHate™ list Top 10!
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