According to The Plain English Foundation the worst phrase of 2014 is “conscious uncoupling.” Every year they release a list of the year’s worst words and phrases. The list “highlights the importance of clear and ethical public language.”
Some other phrases and words include:
Collabition
An awkward mangling of the words collaboration and competition – not to be confused with its close cousin, “co-opetition” which describes businesses working with their competitors, to everyone’s advantage. Neither case is supposed to be confused with “collusion”.
Couplies
Selfies are so 2013. This year it’s all about the “couplie” (a self-portrait with your significant other).
TIME also released a list of words and phrases that should be banned. They asked people to vote on words and phrases they never wanted to hear again. Here are a few on the list:
- Bae
- I can’t even…
- Obvi
- Turnt
- Kale
- Sorry not sorry.
