2007 Banished Words List

[Blastoise]

Now playing in theaters all over GITMO, Awesome Search Engine presents...Healthy Food. Pwning in your town sometime next fall, before it will go missing in winter.

 

[CHaRiSMa]

Although saying the word ˝awesome˝ too often does seem like you have a bit lack of vocabulary.. I'm still going to use it, it commonly used among people, plus it doesn't bother me yet ^^

What I'm happy about is that they finally banished the saying ˝We're pregnant˝.. why? I think this quote says it preety much all: "I'm sure any woman who has given birth will tell you that 'WE' did not deliver the baby." -- Marlena Linne, Greenfield, Indiana.

And I guess it is okay that they've banished the phrases ˝Playing in theatres˝ and ˝Gone missing˝ because they are pointless once you think about it.. And ˝truthness˝just sounds weird, I mean this is the first time I've heard about it..

Oh thank God for banishing the stupid celebraty names.. God talk about self-centered, like they don't have all the attention already??!

But one thing I do not understand is.. (I have to say that English isn't my first language, but still) why have they banished the word ˝search˝?? My English teacher once said that English accpets almoust every new, stupid word they hear and at that time I thought of it a bit overreacting.. but now I'm beginning to consider that thought. I mean seriously ˝google˝ doesn not mean anything, it's just plain pointless. And the fact that they have replaced ˝search˝ with ˝google˝ only because of it's overly usage shows that maybe they haven't given a good thought about which words they should banish.

 

[Drummershuff]

I agree with practically all the words listed there. Of course, awesome is one I'll still be using, but pwn is one that should have been banished ages ago. It's just...so annoying to even look at.

 

[Dawson]

To be honest, I never use the word "search" now. It's been replaced by "google" or "wiki".

I agree with "pwn" like everyone else. In fact, I never really understood how the word "own" became to be used as an insult in the first place. Yet, I still ended up using it.

 

[Kylie-chan]

My brother and I used to say pwn all the time, wtf. Now I say own, and nothing else. D: This list is infecting my brain !

 

[Sammi]

Let me tear this apart. And use the spoiler tag because it's cool.

Spoiler:

GITMO -- I have no opinion of it. I hardly hear it. Maybe it's because I don't watch the news? o.o; But I can see how it can get annoying at times.

COMBINED CELEBRITY NAMES-- I agree with this one, although like GITMO, I don't see it much. It isn't very original, isn't it? And it just makes people look lazy. :/

AWESOME -- So it's overrused, big deal. :/ I like it... still use it. XD;; But that's just me.

GONE/WENT MISSING -- I can see why, but I'm not going "yaaaaaaay it's banned", you know? o.o; It's more of a neutral thing.

PWN or PWNED -- Personally, I like it, but I won't fight this one. I usually say "owned" more anyway. Is "owned" banned yet?

NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS -- I'm neutral on this.

"How often do movies premiere in laundromats or other places besides theaters? I know that when I want to see a movie I think about going to a shoe store." -- Andrea May, Shreveport, Louisiana.

That kind of logic is flawed though. Although it's true that you can't see it in a shoe store, you can see movies in airplanes, on movies, or in places other than theaters.

On the other hand, I guess most people don't even think of the above, do they?

WE'RE PREGNANT -- Probably one of the best ones on the list. :D Yay for logic.

UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN -- Hm? I don't get this one at all.

ARMED ROBBERY/DRUG DEAL GONE BAD -- Armed robbery? I can see why it's gone, considering many violent acts require arms of some sort. However, you can use other things than arms to hurt and rob.
Drug deal gone bad? Moreso than armed robbery, I must admit. It's... I don't quite want to say clishé, but that's the only word I can think of right now to describe it.

TRUTHINESS –- I don't even get this word.

ASK YOUR DOCTOR -- No matter how much they hate it, I don't see it going anytime soon. I don't think the market is going to change just because a bunch of whiny people want it changed. I almost want to say they put that in for legal reasons. It sounds like something they'd have to do. o_O Don't quote me on that one though.

CHIPOTLE -- I don't hear this much to begin with. O_o I don't hear much of anything these days, I guess...

i-ANYTHING -- Amen to that. It gets annoying.

SEARCH --

"Might as well banish it. The word has been replaced by 'google.'" -- Michael Raczko, Swanton, Ohio.

Sorry sir, but I cannot "google" for my pants in my room. /sort of mean reply

Overall, I don't like this one, but I do guess that I can find other words that aren't "search" and "google", hm?

HEALTHY FOOD -- Meh, it is overrused, hm?

BOASTS -- I can see ads... but for regular speech? How are we supposed to explain Beowulf now if it's banned!? D: *shot*

But yeah, okay for ads, not okay if you're trying to explain the word itself. But then again, I guess they'd just say "boast" if they meant that word, hm?

Overall? I don't agree with some of the list, and I seriously doubt that this little list will get some of these words ban. I mean, you aren't going to see companies stop milking off the i-anything fad anytime soon just because some university and a bunch of people say it's banned. Not when there's still tons of money to be made. We're greedy little things like that. :/

We can only hope though, hm?

 

[bna_li]

i-ANYTHING

How many products in America have the I in front? It's quite a lack of imagination if you ask me.

 

[bmah]

The ban list means nothing to me, and I would simply ignore it if I were you.

 

[Zaiku]

Banning words like that is dumb, I mean I agree with some but, you can't say search?! Like I'm googling the T.V remote? What the heck!? Or I need to google the store for a gameboy.... And why ban Awesome? Awesome is so... uh.... Awesome... And how would Fosters home for Imaginary friends work. I mean, 30% of the words used in the show is the word awesome! (Slight exageration...)

 

[Midnight_Dragon249]

TRUTHINESS – "This word, popularized by The Colbert Report and exalted by the American Dialectic Society's Word of the Year in 2005 has been used up. What used to ring true is getting all the truth wrung out of it." -- Joe Grimm, Detroit, Michigan.

Nooooooooooooooooo~! I can't believe that they banned Truthiness! Stephen Colbert shall be avenged!

Not to mention that "awesome" was banned. That's not awesome. =P

 

[Geometric-sama]

I like the word pwn, it's pwnsome. (I pronounce it "own" anyway though, so sif matter.)

I didn't think I used the word awesome that much, but my dad claims I used it 14 times in a 10-minute conversation with my friend on the phone XD. He's prone to exaggeration though.

 

[Lord Kokkei]

ha, google is a verb now :)