We reported the 2024 list of words and phrases that people think have outlived their usefulness. On Wednesday, Lake Superior ...

That phrase comes in second on the 2025 list, which just “dropped” (no. 4). Crowning the common offenders at no. 1 is “cringe ...

Hundreds of Wordle puzzles have passed since the game was first unleashed onto the world, and there's now a burgeoning repository of words that now cannot be used for any future Wordle puzzles. If you ...

The new year just dropped and Lake Superior State University has announced this year’s list of banished words and phrases, ...

Lake Superior State University is out with its annual Banished Words List. It’s a tradition that dates back to 1976, when ...

Every year there are words in the English language that are so overused it makes us cringe, period, the latter being two such words that have worn out their welcome. However, a new year brings us the ...

The list features words from the past year that are "banished" for their "misuse, overuse and general uselessness." ...