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Tuesday, January 04, 2022

Wait... what?

The judges of a Michigan university’s cheeky annual “Banished Words List” have a message for texting and tweeting Americans: Your “wait, what?” joke is lame. 

The phrase topped Lake Superior State University in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula lighthearted list of 10 “winners” chosen from among more than 1,250 submissions of overused, misused and generally groan-inducing words or phrases.

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I wonder if 'literally' ever made that list. I over heard a conversation a couple years ago where this young lady used literally at least 5 times - "Then he literally told me that I literally needed to..."