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via Cleveland19:
Let me ask you this: Would a story that unpacks a list of tiresome words and phrases be impactful or a nothingburger? Worse, could it just be fake news?
Northern Michigan’s Lake Superior State University on Sunday released its 43rd annuals Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness . The tongue-in-cheek, non-binding list of 14 words or phrases comes from thousands of suggestions to the Sault Ste. Marie school.
This year’s list includes “let me ask you this,” ”unpack,” ”impactful,” ”nothingburger,” ”tons,” ”dish,” ”drill down,” ”let that sink in,” and the top vote-getter, “fake news.”
The others are “pre-owned,” ”onboarding/offboarding,” ”gig economy” and the redundant “hot water heater.” Also on the list is the Trumpian Twitter typo “covfefe.”
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