Every year they vote on which English words should be banned from usage.Here is the list for this year.
It makes me a little sad, I think the overuse of 'amazing' is a cultural thing. I know here many of my students, when trying to sound more American, will use 'amazing' or 'awesome' to describe almost anything that is remotely interesting.
I mean I agree that we have made 'amazing' that much less amazing, but I will proudly continue in my awesome use of amazing and I thank you in advance for your understanding! ;)
I do agree with getting rid of 'the new normal', or it's sibling 'the new norm'. Just seems too much for me.
At first I thought it was a term children used for parents that give the child everything they want....apparently not so much. Apparently it means a person who owns a pet and treats it like a child...(which I would never ever do with my cat....ever...though he is quite cute!)
'Trickeration' is just ridiculous...tricky is a great word.
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