Word Burning

I'd like to add a few to this list of overused words and phrases from Lake Superior State University.

Download - As in "Thanks for letting me download all of that."

Undocumented Worker - Non-citizens who enter any country illegally are illegal aliens. A kid with a paper route who hasn't gotten working papers yet is an undocumented worker.

Irregardless - Always used to mean "regardless", so just say "regardless".

Pro-Choice - Unless you provide equal financial, political, educational, emotional, social, and physical support to women who choose life for their unborn children, it's not really pro-choice. It's pro-abortion. Why not say that?

Personal - "My personal opinion." "My personal friend." "My personal favorite." If it's yours, of course it's personal.

Knowingly - As in "I never knowingly took steroids." Irregardless of your celebrity status, you're responsible for what goes in your body. Right, Jamie Lynn?

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