Buzzwords
Column: Linguistic innovation is not always bad by David McIlroy, regular columnist Wednesday, June 25, 2008; 6:27 PM Someone recently informed me that the British Local Government Association had produced a 100 item long list of words that are not to be uttered by any local administration in the United Kingdom or anyone within them. Your first reaction to this might be to lament that, even as the genius of George "seven dirty words you can never say on TV" Carlin passes away, his quest to end censorship through ridicule has been dealt another prudish blow. However, the terms on this list are not offensive in this controversial respect but are a good deal more banal.
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