A blog about television by TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik.
Vacation Robo-Post: The 2009 Buzzword Kill List
The title is self-explanatory. What overused words or phrases need to be banned from the English language in 2009? I'll start you off with a few:
* Game-changer
* "Throw _____ under the bus"
* Locavore
* Anything "-ista"
This is Robo-James' last day on the job, by the way. I'll see you Monday. If I haven't been thrown under a bus in the meantime.
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Bailout.
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"yes we can/did"
"change" (when not referring to coins, or dirty diapers)
"historic" (when referring to the 2008 election)
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"You betcha." And pretty much everything else Sarah Palin said.
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"(Name or thing linked to any scandal)-gate"
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Any further use of "Main Street" as a contrast to "Wall Street".
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"It is what it is."
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average Joe
Joe sixpack
anything else with "joe", actually
main st. vs wall st.
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