An MSNBC.com article posted on Monday, December 31, reported the top 19 affronts to English as identified by the public relations department of Michigan's Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie.
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of "post-9/11" clichés in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
The original, 33rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness takes submissions via the university's website for people's vocabulary pet peeves of the year.
No, I didn't submit any. This year.
No, I didn't submit any. This year.
