AJ Morocco: January 8, 2012

Each year we are treated to the Top Ten Banned Words from the previous year courtesy of the fine people at Lake Superior State University. But no community college in Canada is going to stop me from saying Amazing, thank you very much. Here are ten words I would want banned in 2012.

1. Literally

   This is the one word I (literally) hear being overused and misused the most. Many people (literally) do not know what it means or (literally) do not know when to use it.

2. Blog-O-Sphere

   No. Not until there’s a Reality-O-Sphere or a Moms-At-My-Work-O-Sphere.

3. Economic Situation

   Or “economic downturn”, “our current economic climate”, or “tightening of the credit market.” Just please stop. You know who you are. And we know that you don’t know who to blame for shit going wrong either.

4. Reimagined

   There are now more reboots, re-recordings and re-imagined media being produced than original works. Too bad the Mayans couldn’t predict that one. America never asked for a fan-made movie trailer for Howard The Duck 2, but thanks to the internet, we got one anyway. Thanks, internet. How about less “artwork-inspired-by-Timothy-Zahn-graphic-novels” and more “shit you thought of yourself” for a change?

5. Hipster

   Surprisingly, I could care less about this. A lot less.

6. Minecraft

   Like all video games it will eventually get replaced by something newer and more exciting, maybe “Dry Cleaning Adventure” or “Crouton Palace III”.

7. Flip Flop

   Please leave my footwear out of your political rhetoric.

8. Palin

   ZZZzzzzzzz.

9. High Definition

   Definitely not.

10. Game Changers

    Not lovin’ it.