Banned words of 2010

In January, 2010, Time Magazine published their annual list of banned words.

1. Shovel-ready
2. Transparent/Transparency
3. Czar
4. Tweet
5. App
6. Sexting
7. Friend as a verb
8. Teachable Moment
9. In These Economic Times ...
10. Stimulus
11. Toxic Assets
12. Too Big to Fail
13. Bromance
14. Chillaxin'
15. Obama as a prefix

I don't necessarily agree with the words Transparent/Transparency, although I understand where they're coming from. The rest of the list is spot on.

My own personal list includes "awesome" and "dude". Perhaps this is a regional thing, but up here in beautiful, bountiful Sioux Falls, South Dakota, these words are very popular. Ugh! Did the good folks of Sioux Falls fall through one of those space time continuum black holes and land in bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?

Now don't get your undies in a bundle, I can kid the citizens of Sioux Falls because they're the "shiz nits".

Mwua ~ love ya, Sioux Falls!