As 2020 comes to a close, one university wants to prevent several words and phrases from being brought into the new year. 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. 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. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"It should surprise no one that this year’s list was dominated by words and terms related to COVID-19," Banished Words List committee members said in a joint statement. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWSLSSU has been releasing an annual "Banished Words List" since 1976 as a way to "uphold, protect, and support excellence in language by encouraging avoidance of words and terms that are overworked, redundant, oxymoronic, clichéd, illogical, nonsensical—and otherwise ineffective, baffling, or irritating," the announcement said.

Source: Fox News January 01, 2021 00:56 UTC