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.
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