The Queen's English

From the daily Waste News e-mail...

Environmental words included in university´s ban list
Dec. 31 -- Environmental buzzwords are among those being targeted this time around in one university´s annual list of "Words to Be Banished from the Queen´s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness."

The annual list, published by Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., includes "green" and "going green" as well as "carbon footprint" and "carbon offsetting," the university reports.

The list, which has been issued each year since 1975, comes from thousands of nominations each year, the school said.

Other words to make the latest list include: "maverick," "staycation" and "bailout."

I have a suggestion. How about banishing the word "buzzword"?