That phrase comes in second on the 2025 list, which just “dropped” (no. 4). Crowning the common offenders at no. 1 is “cringe ...

Lake Superior State University reveals its annual list of banished words and phrases, citing misuse, overuse and uselessness.

Ever feel like you’ve run out of words? Just in time for the new year, the folks who decide what to fill our dictionaries ...

LSSU has been compiling a lighthearted list of banished words every year since 1976, when the school's former public ...

Language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group released a list of the words that news anchors, politicians, and other public figures in the U.S. struggled most ...

The dictionary and publishing company announced the word of the year and list of other top-searched words that defined the year Monday, and the list definitely has a political theme. The ...

Lake Superior State University (LSSU) revealed the 2025 edition of its Banished Words List, a quirky tradition that dates ...

Free speech advocates are crying foul after they say an Iowa social studies teacher banned the use of a lengthy list of words and phrases in her classroom, including the name of an entire state.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (WILX) - Lake Superior State University in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has released it’s annual list ...