Lake Superior State –- the smallest public university in Michigan -- has released its annual list of banished words.
The list’s proper name is the List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness, and has been a Lake Superior tradition since 1976.
Which words have been banned this year?
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three minority women who worked at a western Pennsylvania 911 center have filed lawsuits, with one of them saying black dispatchers were made to take calls from inner city residents because they knew how to "speak ghetto."
Who needs pinochle and shuffleboard? These senior citizens at a retirement community in Chicago are keeping busy as part of a program designed to help students in Brazil learn English.
Actions speak louder than words, which, in this case, speaks volumes. Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary has announced it has added 150 new words to its 2014 edition.