{"id":2802,"date":"2005-01-05T10:41:41","date_gmt":"2005-01-05T14:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2005\/01\/05\/banished-language\/"},"modified":"2005-01-05T10:41:41","modified_gmt":"2005-01-05T14:41:41","slug":"banished-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/01\/05\/banished-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Banished Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DETROIT
\n (AP) – From wardrobe malfunctions to erectile dysfunction, it’s been
\n a tough year all around for the guardians of English – language purists
\n from
\nblue, red and battleground states who long to say "You’re fired!" to
\noffensive words and phrases.<\/p>\n

More than 2,000 nominations arrived in Michigan’s far north, where a committee
\nat Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie released its 2005 compilation
\nof language irritants Friday.<\/p>\n

Among the 22 expressions on the "List of Words Banished from the Queen’s
\nEnglish for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness" are "blog,""sale
\nevent,""body wash" and "zero percent APR financing."<\/p>\n

We would like to add "peacekeeping troops" "red-states,
\n blue-states" and "fair and balanced" to the list….<\/em><\/p>\n

Any other nominations?<\/em><\/p>\n

from AP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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