Sunday, July 19, 2009

Banned Words of 2010™: A Midsummer Day's Update

I was going to wait until the end of Q3 to update the list, but recent events have forced my hand. As always, put your suggestions in comments. New items in bold.

Because it's never too early to put the world on notice.
  1. Recession
  2. Gunman
  3. Bonus
  4. Lockdown
  5. Too big to fail
  6. Octomom
  7. Toxic assets
  8. Stress Test
  9. Obamism
  10. Green shoots (re the economy)
  11. Temperament
  12. The New New
  13. Twitter
  14. Bánh mì
  15. Swarovski crystals
  16. Empathy
  17. New media, including but not limited to "Social Networking"
  18. Closely watched yardstick
  19. Emboldened
  20. Cougar
  21. Serious
  22. Walk back (As in Republican and former Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo is walking back his comment about La Raza being 'The Latino KKK (except that he didn't ever walk them back now, did he?) Josh Marshall: I love you; but you've run "walk back" into the ground.)
  23. Fascism (All references to this right-wing ideology outside serious works of history or political theory must die.)
  24. Perfidious (You can thank Steve Simels for this one. His overuse has diluted whatever punch it once packed forever.)
  25. Gang of [INSERT NUMBER HERE] (re douchebag senators or congresspeople who are trying desperately to impede progress.)
  26. Socialism (StringonaStick, from comments) (All references to this left-wing ideology outside serious works of history or political theory must die.)
  27. Czar/Tsar (unless discussing the Romanovs) (Sandia Blanca, from comments)

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