Lake Superior State University in Michigan released its annual List of Words
to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and
General Uselessness. For those English professors who get to feel superior just because they live on a lake, I have two messages. First, in the United States the only people who speak the Queen's English live in West Hollywood or Chelsea. And second:
It’s that time of year again, New Year’s Eve, when pundits make lists and I take my staycation, not because I’m going green or want to reduce my carbon footprint. No, it’s simply that despite my desperate search for employment, I have not received a bailout. Clearly I live neither on Wall Street or Main Street, but on Madison Avenue, a street filled with copy monkeys posing as marketing mavericks, and the first dude you run into will try to pitch a game changing campaign for some iconic brand in the hope of not only getting a job, but winning five nominations for a Clio or Andy award.
There, I used every one of your damned banned words. 3 you!
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