U.S. university’s 39th list of ‘banish these’ words
Lake Superior State University’s 39th annual list of banished words:
— Selfie
— Twerk/twerking
— Hashtag
— Twittersphere
— Mr. Mom
— T-Bone
— On steroids
— -ageddon
— -pocalypse
— Intellectually/morally bankrupt
— Obamacare
— Adversity (as a sports reference)
— Fan base
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