[NPInfo] BANISH "ASK YOUR DOCTOR"

[Christine Smith]

"ASK YOUR DOCTOR" WAS VOTED  AS ONE OF THE 16 WORDS/PHRASES TO BE BANISHED BY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE OUT OF OVER 4,500 NOMINATIONS!!!

"ASK YOUR DOCTOR -- The chewable vitamin morphine of marketing".



Lake Superior State University  32nd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness. 
On Dec. 31, 1975, former LSSU Public Relations Director Bill Rabe and some colleagues cooked up the whimsical idea to banish overused words and phrases and issued the first list on New Year's Day. Much to the delight of word enthusiasts everywhere, the list has stayed the course into a fourth decade.

Through the years, LSSU has received thousands of nominations for the list, which is closing in on its 1000th banishment.

This year's list is culled from more than 4,500 nominations received mostly through the university's website, www.lssu.edu/banished. Word-watchers target pet peeves from everyday speech, as well as from the news, fields of education, technology, advertising, politics and more. A committee makes a final cut in late December. The list is released on New Year's Day.

 To see all the words/phrases go to http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php. 



 Personally, I detest "we are pregnant" almost as much as "ask your doctor". Who the hell is "we"