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The Latest Banished Words & Phrases

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Following another year of assaults against the English language, its passionate defenders at Lake Superior State University have made another attempt to eliminate the worst offenders. For the 41st time, they've compiled the "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness."

Herb Trix reports. 

The website for nominations is lssu.edu.

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A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.