Monday, December 22, 2008
Voting is now open here.
We'll have our full writeup once the list is published. In the meantime, here's our take on last year's list.
*UPDATE*
The 2009 Writeup is here.
banished words for 2009
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Things Your 4th-Grade Teacher Was Probably Right About
Direct-mailing Campaigns
Lake Superior State's "Banished Words"
Or skim our most popular tags:
Everybody hates a literalist
Question of the Day
And, of course, The Dreaded Apluralstrophe!
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