On December 20, I made a poor scan of Matt Groening's Forbidden Words 2000. It was noticed subsequently by Robot Wisdom and suddenly Rain Barrel's attendence skyrocketed. A lovely result of all this is that several folks sent in their suggestions: <the raising the
roof gesture>
"it's da bomb"
"slouching towards
_______"
"at the end of the
day..."
"negative energy"
"let's not go there"
"millennium"
"soft money"
"it turns out that..."
"I'm all about ______"
"ANYTHING with the
words "radar screen" in it that aren't actually talking about radar"
Incidently, if you are looking for other Forbidden Words, some other soul has scanned Matt Groening's Forbidden Words 1996. AND I just learned from Wired News that Lake Superior State University has been banishing words since 1976! Some of their Banished Words 2000 list include: 24/7, "You know what I'm sayin?", "Thinking outside the box" and "Cybarian". |
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