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University releases annual 'banished words' list for 2021

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As 2020 comes to a close, one university wants to prevent several words and phrases from being brought into the new year. On Thursday, Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste.

Marie, Michigan, released its annual "Banished Words List," which includes 10 words that it wants banned in 2021 for "overuse, misuse, or uselessness," the university said in its announcement.

However, many of the words might prove difficult to banish. More than 1,450 words and phrases were nominated from around the world.

Of those, more than 250 were related to the coronavirus. So when the university decided to create its banished words list, it put COVID-19 itself at the top of the list, with similar terms including COVID, coronavirus and Rona.

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