Lake Superior State University has released its 50th annual list of words and phrases that should be retired due to overuse and irritation, compiled from thousands of public submissions. Top offenders this year include ‘6-7,’ ‘demure,’ ‘cooked,’ ‘massive,’ and turning perfectly good nouns like ‘gift’ into verbs. Other casualties: saying ‘full stop’ out loud, ‘my bad,’ and the corporate favorite ‘reach out.’ If you’re under 45, chances are at least a few of your daily vocabulary staples just got officially exiled
2026 banned words list has been released and it’s bad news for gen-z and millenials
