The Banned Words List
The prohibition of words and the linguistic gymnastics of high school English
Beginning with my freshman year of high school, my peers and I had to reckon with what our English teachers lovingly referred to as “The Banned Words List.” It had started innocently enough. Many of the words were ones that the world of writing would be wholly better without. From “good,” and “bad,” to “happy,” and “s…
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