BBC News reports:
Word-watchers at a US college have released their annual list of words that should be banned, with “selfie”, “twerking” and “hashtag” coming top.
Lake Superior State University (LSSU) collected suggestions from members of the public for its 39th annual list.
It recommends the words be “banished from the Queen’s English” because of misuse, overuse or just being useless.
Last year it tried to ban expressions including “double down”, “bucket list” and “YOLO” (you only live once).
For LSSU’s 2014 list, “selfie” received the most nominations.
The term, which refers to a self-portrait photo, was named word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries only last month.
“Put the smartphone away. Nobody cares about you,” wrote one member of the public, identified only as David from Wisconsin.
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