'Green' Tops 2008's Most Annoying Terms

'Maverick,' 'staycation,' and 'game-changer' also make appearances

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 1, 2009 12:23 PM CST

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'Green' Tops 2008's Most Annoying Terms — LSSU has posted its list of the most annoying words of 2008. (Shutterstock)

Did you get your fill of mavericks this year? Or companies claiming to go green? Those words made Lake Superior State University’s list of the most overused words and phrases of 2008, the AP reports. Other annoying winners:

Carbon footprint
First dude
Bailout
Wall Street, in comparison with Main Street

<3 (yes, the emoticon meaning “heart”)
Iconic
Game-changer
Desperate search
Not so much
Staycation
It’s that time of year again

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