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‘Unprecedented’: Michigan university releases annual list of banned words, phrases for 2021
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In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, photo the word pandemic is displayed in a dictionary in Washington. Merriam-Webster on Monday announced pandemic as its 2020 word of the year. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Even as vaccines are being rolled out to battle the coronavirus, wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula say they want to kick any trace of it from the English language.
“COVID-19” and “social distancing” are thrown in with “we’re all in this together, “in an abundance of caution” and “in these uncertain times” on the school’s light-hearted list of banned words and phrases for 2021.
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. Even as vaccines are being rolled out to battle the coronavirus, wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University in Michigan s Upper Peninsula say they want to kick any trace of it from the English language. COVID-19 and social distancing are thrown in with we re all in this together, in an abundance of caution and in these uncertain times on the school s light-hearted list of banned words and phrases for 2021.
Out of more than 1,450 nominations sent to the school, about 250 words and terms suggested for banishment due to overuse, misuse or uselessness had something to do with the virus.