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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Banned words -- ??

0I came across an article called 'Banned Words' but I don't quite understand what it is all about! So please someone help!!! Thank you very much.02br
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001. why these words are to be banned? 02br
002. does it mean that 01u00we02u00 should avoid using the words ? 02br
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01i01b00Telegraph Style Book: 02br
00Banned words02b02i02h1

00This is a list that is liable to grow.02br
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    00prior to02br
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    00ahead of02br
    00luxury02br
    00bubbly (both for champagne and young women)02br
    00simply (as in "simply fill in the form")02br
    00heartbreak02br
    00gunned down02br
    00huge02br
    00blasted02br
    00fall pregnant02br
    00iconic02br
    00entitled (when we are referring to something's name)02br
    00meet with02br
    00probe (when we mean inquiry)02br
    00slashed (instead of cut)02br
    00shocked02br
    00stunned,02br
    00snapped (of a photograph)02br
    00loaned (no such verb: used lent)02br
    00hike (when we mean a rise)02br
    00mystery callers02br
    00perverted Scout leaders02br
    00frail grannies02br
    00disgraced managers, innocent victims and all their tribe are out.02br
    00Watch out for hackneyed expressions such as ordeal, crackdown, feisty, legendary, lifestyle, major, massive, mammoth, bumper, bonanza, boost, effectively, pinta, copy-cat, look-alike, tit-for-tat and substitute proper words, where the word or phrase is not redundant. 02br
    00U-turns are reversals, about-turns or rethinks. Avoid clichés, especially horrors like "a furious row erupted" and "massive heart attack". "Brutal murder/rape" is a tautology: we should assume all such crimes are brutal.02br
    00Phrases taken from film titles, such as home alone, are over-used. Instead of saying that children are left "home alone" say "left alone". It's better. Our readers know that parents whose children have been murdered or otherwise killed are "devastated" and "heart-broken" and we should not stupidly say that they are.02br
    00Set to, as in "The Church of England was last night set to...." or "The FA is set to name.....", is to be avoided at all costs in text and headlines.02br
    00Trademark (except when referring to trademarks); never refer to someone "wearing his trademark hat" etc.0240hrefhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/exclusions/stylebook/nosplit/SBbanned.xml241hrefhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/exclusions/stylebook/nosplit/SBintrostyle.xmlcTelegraph Style Book: Introduction
      

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    0This is one person's tongue-in-cheek opinion of the words or expression that he is tired of seeing or hearing. 02br 02br 00Don't take it seriously! Every year someone publishes a Banned Words List.

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    0This is one person's tongue-in-cheek opinion of the words or expression that he is tired of seeing or hearing. 02br
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    00It is meant to be funny and thought-provoking.02br
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    00Don't take it seriously! Every year someone publishes a Banned Words List. 02br
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    00What words are you tired of hearing and wish would go away. 02br
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    0Ahhhhh. It's their style book, apparently, meaning the rules they expect their writers to follow. I can't imagine why they've published it other than that it's an interesting read, and it shows that they're serious about original, well-crafted writing. (Anybody have anything to offer about that?) 02br
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    00The words are "banned" because the editor(s) finds them appalling,
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    0 So Susankay, you don't think this actually went out to the staff? 0-
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    00no need to worry at all. It's just an article about style, written by someone who had nothing better to do
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    00 Thank you everyone for the replies. I am relieved to learn that I don't have to ban all the words listed from my vocabulary! These pundits are trying to impose their "style" to everyone. 02h3

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    0I think it probably is seriously part of their style guide for their journalists but that doesn't explain why they published it in that way. Unless they just want to show their readers which words they can write in and complain about if they see them!02br
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    00All publications have style guide set by the company. They are not meant to set rules for anyone outside that publ
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    0 I found the Kingsley Amis book; it's01i00 Girl, 20. 02i00Here is the passage introducing the concept. Roy is a middle-aged, successful violinist-conductor.01blockquote
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    10This phrase I recognized as one of Roy's obscenity-savers, or fuckettes, to which he was prone in moments of stress. His use of muc
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