In the same vain as “like”, “you know”, etc. it would be great to see the word “GOT” added to this list of irritating words. It has become so overused. Got this? Got that? Got has become the new “um...”

I think the phrase “gone missing” is originally British usage. Americans traditionally say, “disappeared.” Our American usage has the virtue of familiarity, clarity and a pleasant lack of trendiness. “Gone missing” is unnecessary and effete--like Americans kowtowing to British aristocrats. Let’s let that expression go missing.

How about:
“Same sex marriage”, “conservative”, “Republican”, “Bush”, “Cheney”, “Dumsfeld”, “Condi”, “Rush Bimbo”, “Fox”, “Family Value” (whatever the hell that really means), “Right to Life”, “Abramoff”, “Delay”....I’m tired..someone else please carry on.

Headless

While we’re at it, let’s do away with the avalanched misuse of “event”! We are not Experiencing a Rain Event, it’s simply raining. Just as it is not a Celebration Sales Event, it’s yet another car or mattress sale. Or the Film Event of the Year, ugh. Extraneous word or syllable events, much like SHOUTING with enacted EXCITEMENT events, do not make an event more eventful. Do ad and news agencies really get paid for this over-lippy stuff? How uneventful!

They’re oldies but baddies, but I wouldn’t mind seeing folks discontinue the use of “seperate out” and “more importantly.”

Sometimes used by those who wish to make “English our official language.”

“Like”, “you know” and he/she “goes"… should be be made illegal and punishable.

By all means banish the word “ethics” when used in relation to our government or businesses. It’s a word that’s seen it’s day in the US of A.