US university's 39th list of 'banish these' words


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(AP) - Lake Superior State University's 39th annual list of banished words:

_ Selfie

_ Twerk/twerking

_ Hashtag

_ Twittersphere

_ Mr. Mom

_ T-Bone

_ On steroids

_ -ageddon

_ -pocalypse

_ Intellectually/morally bankrupt

_ Obamacare

_ Adversity (as a sports reference)

_ Fan base

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