Since 1976, the folks at Lake Superior State University have released a list of the year’s most overused words. It’s mostly a tongue-in-cheek exercise because banished words of the past are still heard every day. Consider “chill out” from the 1980 list, “bromance” from 2010, and “man cave” from 2012. Here are a couple of sentences using selections from the 2023 list: Moving forward, it is what it is and it’s absolutely amazing. Does that make sense? Irregardless, maybe quiet quitting is just gaslighting. Read the full list here.
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