Post by Bret Walker on Jan 2, 2003 7:41:34 GMT -5
'Bushisms' make university's banned list
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 Posted: 11:31 AM EST (1631 GMT)
SAULT STE. MARIE, Michigan (Reuters) -- Overused cliches, wordy redundancies and hyperbolic phrases -- including "make no mistake about it" from President Bush -- were declared banished Wednesday by the university overseers of an annual list of banned words.
Other favored utterances of President Bush -- sometimes called "Bushisms" -- such as "material breach," "weapons of mass destruction," and "homeland security," were the tired targets of the New Year's Day list compiled by the public relations staff at Lake Superior State University.
This year's list of 23 worn-out words and phrases -- the tradition was begun in 1976 -- was whittled down from 3,000 entries submitted to the school from around the world to its Web site, www.lssu.edu/banished.
"Make no mistake about it" was nominated by several contributors, one of whom commented, "Who's mistaken, anyway?"
BUSHISMS
"The education issue ought to be discussed about."
Louisiana press conference
"More and more of our imports come from overseas."
Campaign speech
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"
New Hampshire interview
Read the full article at CNN.com
Wednesday, January 1, 2003 Posted: 11:31 AM EST (1631 GMT)
SAULT STE. MARIE, Michigan (Reuters) -- Overused cliches, wordy redundancies and hyperbolic phrases -- including "make no mistake about it" from President Bush -- were declared banished Wednesday by the university overseers of an annual list of banned words.
Other favored utterances of President Bush -- sometimes called "Bushisms" -- such as "material breach," "weapons of mass destruction," and "homeland security," were the tired targets of the New Year's Day list compiled by the public relations staff at Lake Superior State University.
This year's list of 23 worn-out words and phrases -- the tradition was begun in 1976 -- was whittled down from 3,000 entries submitted to the school from around the world to its Web site, www.lssu.edu/banished.
"Make no mistake about it" was nominated by several contributors, one of whom commented, "Who's mistaken, anyway?"
BUSHISMS
"The education issue ought to be discussed about."
Louisiana press conference
"More and more of our imports come from overseas."
Campaign speech
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"
New Hampshire interview
Read the full article at CNN.com
