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17 Words That Should Be Banished in 2006  
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How often do you find yourself using these words? Just know that the people around you wish you'd quit! This list of worst used words was compiled by a funny little committee at Lake Superior State University in Michigan.

1.	SURREAL – One part opiate of the masses, 13 parts overuse.
2.	HUNKER DOWN – To brace oneself, in anticipation of media onslaught. Trotted out in reports about everything from politics to hurricanes.
3.	PERSON OF INTEREST – Found within the context of legal commentary. In other words, people with guns want to talk with you.
4.	COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS – A five-dollar phrase on a nickel-errand. Value-added into many higher education mission statements.
5.	UP OR DOWN VOTE – A casualty of today's partisanship.
6.	BREAKING NEWS – It used to stop the presses. Now it's a lower-intestinal condition brought about by eating dinner during newscasts.
7.	DESIGNER BREED – Perhaps it's the bastardization of dog breeding. “When you mate a miniature schnauzer to a toy poodle, it's not a ‘Schnoodle,' it's a mongrel.” – George Bullerjahn, Bowling Green, Ohio.
8.	FEMA – Dedicated to the memory of a great federal agency consigned to the ash heap of parody. “If they don't do anything, we don't need their acronym.” – Josh Hamilton, Tucson, Ariz.
9.	FIRST-TIME CALLER – Preamble often heard on talk radio. “I am serious in asking: who in any universe gives a care?” – Miguel McCormick, Orlando, Fla.
10.	PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU! – Marketing catch phrase that became a lost-leader long ago. “Read: Pass the markup along to you.” – C. W. Estes, Roanoke, Tex.
11.	97% FAT FREE – Adventures in delusion. It still has 3% fat.
12.	AN ACCIDENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN – Best-laid mayhem.
13.	JUNK SCIENCE – Banished from the Marketplace of Ideas.
14.	GIT-ER-DONE – It's overdone.
15.	DAWG – No designer breed here.
16.	TALKING POINTS – Cover your ears! “Topics which will please those you want to impress.” – Michele Mooney, Van Nuys, Calif.
17.	HOLIDAY TREE – Many salvoes were fired during this past season's “war on Christmas.” Holiday tree is a silly name for what most of us hold as a Christmas tree, no matter your preference of religion

Lister: Andrea
Source: Lake Superior State University

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Comments: Way funny. But I really want to add "it is what it is" LOL Comment by: reginaphylange