Okay, here is 2008’s Banished Word List. There are some good ones there, some I disagree with, and some that don’t bother me at all. I absolutely agree with the Wordsmith thing. Seriously, if you call yourself a Wordsmith, you come across as a tool. Just letting you know.

But I’m going to add a few words to the list myself.

1. Baby Bump: Can someone tell me why the media thinks this is a cute term? She’s fucking pregnant. Baby Bump makes it sound like a small zit or something. I hate that term with a passion.
2. Brokeback anything: I’ve noticed over and over that the media thinks it’s funny to refer to anything remotely homosexual as “Brokeback.” Like last night on ET, Tom Bergeron and Donnie Osmond were going to perform a dance move and Tom said “Brokeback dancing.” No longer funny.
3. pwn/pwnd/pwnage: (pronounced “poned.” I “pwnd” you Guitar Hero last night) This developed in gaming from people mistyping “own” and typing “pwn” instead. Seriously, it has got to go.
4. tight: Not as in “My jeans are feeling a little tight.” No. Tight as a compliment. “Those jeans are tight!” Replacing sweet or hot or whatever other colloquialism we old people used.
5. Moist: Okay, this one is just because it grosses me out. Ugh. I really don’t like the word at all.

Any words or phrases you would like to see banished?