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Old January 18, 2011, 06:39 PM
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I have just learnt that every New Year's Day, the Lake Superior State University publishes a List of Banished Words. This list includes those words and expressions that "should" be thrown away from English language.

I could definitely start a similar list for those expressions, words and constructions that sound terrible in Spanish and are overused according to the latest fashion.
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I'm surprised that the list is so short, and I see that they haven't reached the UK yet, except for Google and Facebook. Let's hope they are killed before they do.
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Old January 19, 2011, 07:08 AM
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These are just the "winners" for 2009, as it is an anual list. But there is also a link to the whole list, which is muuch longer.
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I added one to the list: shrimps scampi
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What's wrong with shrimps scampi?
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I think these would be good candidates:

Actual or actually. This was overused a few years ago and it drove me nuts.
"Actually it's an actual blah blah" said one Australian on the DIY network. My head "literally" exploded.

One should/must
I hate this. One should stop it... It's not "wrong" I guess but I still hate it.

Read more after the break.
This one drives me nuts and it's on EVERY SINGLE THING I READ ONLINE!
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One should stop it... It's not "wrong" I guess but I still hate it.
Why do you actually hate it? Actually, one uses it all the time.
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Why do you actually hate it? Actually, one uses it all the time.
One does not know why one does not like some things. One only knows that it bothers one. lol
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One does not know why one does not like some things. One only knows that it bothers one. lol
Actually, you are quite right. And to be honest, one thing I actually hate just about more than anything else is actually this ridiculous habit of finishing a sentence with lol.
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What's wrong with shrimps scampi?
Unnecessary repetition of plural nouns?
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