DETROIT -- Spoiler alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. "Spoiler alert" is among them. So are "kick the can down the road," "trending" and "bucket list."
A dirty dozen have landed on the annual List of Words to be Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness. The nonbinding, tongue-in-cheek decree released Monday by Michigan's Lake Superior State University is based on nominations submitted by the public.
"Fiscal cliff" garnered the most votes based on how often news media outlets use it to describe across-the-board federal tax increases and spending cuts that economists say could harm the economy in 2013 without congressional action.
This is the 38th year the school has made such a list.
Here is a list of all twelve "banished" words:
-fiscal cliff
-kick the can down the road
-double down
-job creators/creation
-passion/passionate
-YOLO
-spoiler alert
-bucket list
-trending
-superfood
-boneless wings
-guru
If you could banish a word, what would it be? Leave your comments below!
