The University of Michigan Lake Superior campus, continuing a longstanding tradition began in 1976, issues its annual listing for the coming year of words and phrased that are overused and have become otherwise hackneyed and deserving of retirement if not out right banning. It’s not prescriptive of course but something to think about in one’s own writing. Terms include hack, impact, slay, cringe-worthy and iconic. Does anyone say these words anymore? What do you think? The jury also nominated the word rizz—the OED’s pick for Word of the Year, which I suppose is still in circulation.
synchronoptica
one year ago: a vast directory of 1990s design, assorted links to revisit plus an annual list of banished words
two years ago: more links to enjoy plus Eddie Calvert and Orchestra
three years ago: Z Cars (1962), more links worth revisiting plus St Berchtold’s Day
four years ago: more planetary symbols, airport codes, the Acropolis of Athens plus more Happy Hues
five years ago: a Bezold effect illusion, Luna I (1959) plus quilting and circuitry
