It’s time to leave your cringe word era behind. Period. Every year, Lake Superior State University releases its Banished Words List, a tradition that dates back to 1976, highlighting words and terms ...

Just when you thought the thunderplump was going to stop you from making it to the weekly kaffeeklatsch, the gray skies cleared, filling the air with misty petrichor. Now you get to listen to the ...

The words "slay," "rizz," "hack" and more should be left in 2023, according to Lake Superior State University. Lake Superior's list comes out every year to mark the new year. According to the Upper ...

Thunderplump filled the air as a group of friends gathered on the beach. A cold crisp smell filled the air. Not the normal petrichor. And curglaff overwhelmed them as they jumped in. They gathered for ...

Every year there are words in the English language that are so overused it makes us cringe, period, the latter being two such words that have worn out their welcome. However, a new year brings us the ...

If you’re ready to make 2025 a game changer by retiring stale words that are just so cringe, Lake Superior State University can get behind that 100%. And IYKYK. And ...

Just a few weeks ago, the term "rizz" was being celebrated for its pop culture prominence, achieving iconic status as the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year. But at the end of the day, its ...

When was the last time you called someone a GOAT? Or declared an "inflection point" or answered a yes-or-no question with "absolutely"? Probably too recently, says the faculty of Lake Superior State ...

There’s a word UC Berkeley comparative literature Ph.D. student Frank Cahill will never forget. He misspelled it as an eighth grader in the second round of the live televised Scripps National Spelling ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A lot of people this time of year are beginning their new year's resolutions. While some make an effort to go to the gym more often and cut out bad food from ...