By Restless

Lake Superior State has been putting out an annual “List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness” for 30 years.

Their latest is out and it’s a good thing. Some excerpts:

“WE’RE PREGNANT — Grounded for nine months.

“Were men feeling left out of the whole morning sickness/huge belly/labor experience? You may both be expecting, but only one of you is pregnant.” — Sharla Hulsey, Sac City, Iowa.

UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN — “If they haven’t followed the law to get here, they are by definition ‘illegal.’ It’s like saying a drug dealer is an ‘undocumented pharmacist.’” — John Varga, Westfield, New Jersey.

ARMED ROBBERY/DRUG DEAL GONE BAD — From the news reports. What degree of “bad” don’t we understand? Larry Lillehammer of Bonney Lake, Washington, asks, “After it stopped going well and good?”

ASK YOUR DOCTOR — The chewable vitamin morphine of marketing.

Full list is here.