Words for removal from the English language...

[3c66b]

... as no longer having any meaning in common usage.

1) exclusive (as in, 'this exclusive offer' -- which we have shoved through your letterbox and that of everyone else in the neighbourhood)

2) prestigious ('the prestigious award'; if you have to *tell* people it's prestigious...)

3) confidential (no, dear bank/credit card company, my statement is not 'private and confidential', it is merely private)

Thanks, I feel better now.

Comments

[gerald_duck]

I think "executive", "proactive", "exponential", "evolutionary" and "transformative" should also be on that list.

[gjm11.livejournal.com]

Special. Selected. Specially selected.

[writinghawk.livejournal.com]

999,999th.