Tired ears? There's time to nominate 2021's annoying words

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Associated Press

Published November 1, 2021 at 10:19 AM EDT

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (AP)— Ready to put a stake in a word that just irritates you?

Lake Superior State University is accepting candidates for its 47^th annual tongue-in-cheek list of words or phrases that should be banished.

The deadline to submit online entries is 8 a.m. on November 30^th. The results will be announced on December 31^st.

COVID-19 lingo dominated the list last year, including “COVID-19,” “social distancing” and the much-repeated phrase, “We’re all in this together.”

More than 1,000 banned words or phrases are in the Lake Superior State archive. The late W.T. Rabe, who was public relations director, and faculty came up with the first list at a New Year’s Eve party in 1975.

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