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Mack the Flack

Our blog, Mack the Flack, explores PR, journalism, and communications trends in the digital age

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Words We Can Do Without in 2011

Lake Superior State University’s (LSSU) annual “List of Words to be Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness” (www.lssu.edu/banished) include some of Mack the Flack’s most hated:

1. Viral – anything popular, even for a microsecond, is “viral”. We’re sick of it.

2. Fail – LSSU flunks the word that describes anything and everything.

3. BFF – a friendship that lasts 10 minutes.

4. Wow Factor – leaves us unimpressed.

5. Man Up – verbing a noun doesn’t make you stronger.

6. Refudiate – time to repudiate Sarah Palin’s phoney word.

Learn useful, powerful and real words in Fundamentals of Public Relations.  www.sfu.ca/cstudies/pr or call 778-782-5093 or email pr-staff@sfu.ca

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