LSSU’s Banished Words 2003

Here are the words and phrases that have worn out their welciome in the English language over the last year.

Here’s one I won’t miss:

MUST-SEE TV — “Must find remote. Must change channel,” laments Nan Heflin from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Television once pitched entertainment. Apparently now it’s taken on a greater imperative. Assumes herd mentality over program taste.