In this special edition of NewsFeed’s Wednesday Words column, our resident vocabulary nut rounds up least-favorite and most-overused words that we might avoid in 2012.
From planking to occupying, check out the words that defined the past year. For more, head to our Top 10 of Everything list, and check out our reader poll for Word of the Year.
Are you “creative,” “organizational and “effective”? If so, your résumé might be in need of a makeover
Welcome to the inaugural, weekly highlight of the vocabulary of our lives — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the ole tongue).
With a dwindling economy, endless Washington infighting and a massive oil spill, 2010 was pretty dismal. But hey — we learned some new words, right?
Shocker: We’re probably going to say the same words in 2011 as we did this year.
NewsFeed has long been fascinated by the evolution of the term ‘swagger’ from an annoying sports cliche to an annoying music cliche to an annoying pop culture cliche. Now, finally, it’s an annoying video game cliche!
