The next time you think of blogging or writing anything, you better make sure that they are not included in this article which was released where in certain words such as ‘surge’ have been banned. This along with 19 other words were officially banned and obviously this was aimed at some bloggers who have cared less on what to put into their composition or blogs.
Some may not like it or some may even disregard it. But the truth of the matter is that these banned-words are here and real. Hilarious and something that many people may call as an issue that should not be taken seriously, it sort of crosses the lines between the freedom of speech and grammatical usage. We have heard of things that should be avoided and certainly banned-words is something that many will consider as naïve.
Among this year’s picks are “surge,” the term for the troop buildup in Iraq. “Give me the old days, when it referenced storms and electrical power,” Michael Raczko of Swanton, Ohio, said in nominating the word.
The list also included “waterboarding,” “perfect storm,” “under the bus” and “organic.” Also: “It is what it is,” which Jeffrey Skrenes of St. Paul, Minn., said “accomplishes the dual feat of adding nothing to the conversation while also being phonetically and thematically redundant.”
Sadly for grammar’s guardians, the lighthearted list isn’t binding, as evidenced by the continued use of past banned words and phrases such as “erectile dysfunction,” “i-anything” and “awesome.”
Source: Yahoo News. `Surge’ makes the banned-words list
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