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The best words ever

January 2, 2023 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

best words

Banished words

At the end of the day, we can circle back for a deep dive into the new normal. Oops, those words are from last year’s banished list! No worries because the supply chain of banished words grows meatier each year. Here are the words for 2023

You can view the entire list and the explanations at Lake Superior’s website

That being said, here is a list of excellent words I’d like to see made more popular!

Best Words

  • audacity
  • balderdash
  • baloney
  • bamboozle
  • bejeebers
  • berserk
  • bodacious
  • bogus
  • bona-fide
  • brouhaha
  • britches
  • catawampus
  • caterwaul
  • codger
  • concoction
  • confuzzled
  • decrepit
  • discombobulate
  • hoodwink
  • hullabaloo
  • fiddle-faddle
  • fiddlesticks
  • flabbergast
  • flibberty-jibbit
  • flimflam
  • flummoxed
  • fuddy-duddy
  • gobsmacked
  • galivant
  • jalopy
  • kerfuffle
  • kibosh
  • lambast
  • lollygag
  • persnickety
  • nincompoop
  • numbskull
  • ragamuffin
  • rigmarole
  • shenanigans
  • skeedaddle
  • skewwhiff
  • skullduggery
  • tomfoolery
  • thingamabob
  • thunderation
  • wishy-washy

Think about how audacious you’ll sound using them in the new year.


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Linda K. Sienkiewicz is a writer, poet, and artist.
Learn more about her multi-award winning novel, In the Context of Love.
Learn more about her picture book, Gordy and the Ghost Crab.

Learn more about her poetry chapbook, Security

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Please stop saying that: Every year since the mid seventies, Lake Superior State University in Michigan's UP takes nominations for overused, misused and useless words to dump. The goal is to … Continue reading >>

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Award- winning writer, poet & artist. Cynical optimist. Super klutz. Corgi fan. Author of two novels, a picture book which she wrote and illustrated, and five poetry chapbooks. More here.

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