- (FBE) So, we're about to show you twelve words
that have been labeled as words that should be banned
starting now in 2019. - According to who?
- (FBE) For the last 44 years, Lake Superior University
has put together a list of words and phrases
that they say should be banned in the next year
for various reasons including them being annoying
or overused and more. - You know, I kinda like that,
that there's a group of people that actually every year
are like, "You know what we're gonna leave in the next year?
We're gonna leave that behind."
- So, it's completely subjective. You can't be like,
"That word's boring. Shouldn't be in
the English language." What?
- (FBE) All these words' descriptions come
from Lake Superior and we're gonna look at
ten of them from 2018's list and then we also
reached out to our subscribers and had them pick two words
that they think should be banned in 2019 and included it
in the list. - Okay, cool.
- I can't wait to see what I need to cut out
of my vocabulary.
- (FBE) So after each word, we'll see what you think,
letting you decide if the word should be banned,
used less, or if you're okay with it.
We also encourage the users to play along in the comments
and let us know what they think. - Dope.
Let's do this.
- I think that's fun. We can all decide
as a collective whole how we should be speaking.
- (FBE) Here's your first word. - Yeet?
I never understood "yeet," but I think it's a term
of excitement.
- Yeet? Ah man, "yeet's" just
a funny word.
- Yeet, I say this so much. I could see how people
think it's a little bit overused.
- (FBE) The first word is "yeet."
The university defines it as in to throw or toss,
like when you throw something, you may say it,
so what do you think about this one?
Should it be banned, not banned, or used less?
- I don't think it should be banned.
- Not banned.
- Used less because I think this word will die on its own.
- I could see how people think it's cringey or something,
but I think it's just used less.
- From a personal preference, the word "yeet" is kinda stupid.
I would ban it in my vocabulary.
- The humor behind it is it's funny.
It's there. You can't not laugh
when you throw something and yell "yeet."
Let's keep it.
- (FBE) Next. - "Legally drunk."
It's weird that they don't care about illegally drunk.
- You do you, boo. I guess if you're legally drunk,
go for it.
- There's a legal driving limit for how much you consume,
but legally drunk is-- you're just kinda drunk
when your body says you are.
- (FBE) This article says people need to stop
saying "just a little tipsy" as in legally drunk.
That is still too drunk to get behind the wheel
and is in fact, illegally drunk.
- I mean, I would never drive if I know I'm
drinking at all. There's literal numbers
to back this up. If your blood alcohol content
is this level. There's different parameters.
Not ban.
- That one doesn't really make sense.
That's weird. I guess ban it.
- Maybe we should just use less of this term.
- I'm gonna ban it 'cause it doesn't make sense.
- That is true, though. We're not supporting
drunk driving. This is banned.
- That's just a long way of saying "tipsy."
Yes, you're not supposed to be behind the wheel
if you're tipsy. Don't drink and drive, of course.
I guess this should be banned.
- Crusty. Oh, that's a funny one.
Crusty, I feel like is kinda this generation's "moist."
- Crusty. Why would we get rid
of "crusty?" That's just a mood.
- (FBE) They say this has become a popular insult
and people feel it needs to stop because it sounds
weird and gross. Your final stance?
- It sounds satisfying. Not banned.
- Sounds like they're [bleep] crusty.
Don't ban it.
- Insults are supposed to sound weird.
They're supposed to sound bad. You can't give someone
a soft insult. Not banned.
- Just for the sake of it sounding weird,
I'm gonna say maybe ban.
- Let's use this word less and speak to each other
with more kindness.
- It's funnier to say "crusty" than it is to say
"very low moisturization." No ban.
- Ghosting. Ghosting should be banned now?
I don't have another word to describe that behavior.
- This is literally just a regular term.
- "Ghosting," we need to leave that.
We need to leave that whole action as a whole.
- (FBE) Ghosting is when someone doesn't wanna
talk to you and doesn't reply to texts or anything
mostly in terms of dating. The university claims
it was overused and people should just accept
that others aren't interested. Should it be banned,
not banned, or used less? - People should accept
that people aren't interested? What the [bleep] does that mean?
I don't know, don't ban it.
- Not banned.
- I don't think it should be banned.
- Used less, maybe. That's a good middle ground.
- It probably is a lot easier to say, "I got ghosted."
than "this person will not reply to my text messages"
so maybe not ban. Maybe use it less.
- Ghosting is a term that should be used less,
but don't get mad at "ghosting" 'cause you're being ghosted.
- (FBE) Your next. - Collusion?
"Collusion," that's a funny word.
- I haven't used-- I don't think people
around me really use this.
- That word has spiked in popularity
in the past two years. Don't ban the word,
ban the action.
- (FBE) So, they are referring to collusion as in two or more
parties limiting competition by deception.
Some people feel "collusion" was being accused of
constantly throughout the year and needs to just
stop being used. Your verdict?
- These are such strange words. I wouldn't ban this word.
- We're gonna keep it.
- Don't ban it. Maybe use it less.
- If you don't like it, get out.
Turn off CNN, Fox, whatever. Not banned.
- Not banned.
- Don't ban. If there's a problem
in the world, my solution would never be,
"let's get rid of the word for the problem."
- Eschew? What?
- Eskew? Eschew?
- Eschew? Eskew?
I don't know what this one is.
- It's too-- it sounds like a sneeze.
That's also not a word that I see people using
all the time, but I guess when it comes to people
overusing a word, I'm thinking in terms
of the internet necessarily, so maybe this list
was not just based upon that.
That's where my brain was going towards
was people on Twitter.
- (FBE) So, according to Lake Superior, this word
should be banned because nobody actually
says it aloud. They just write it
for filler and don't really know what it means even.
- Dang, dude. Don't ban it,
'cause I've never used it.
- It should not be banned.
- If no one really knows what it means,
maybe it should be used less.
- They're saying that we should ban this word
because people don't say it out loud often enough?
Don't ban.
- I don't think you should speak it, because I don't
know what it means. Let's ban it from being spoken.
- There are definitely words you write just to beef
something up, to make you sound a little bit more superior
than someone else and you know what
you're talking about, so I think we should
keep that for that reason.
- Thought leader. What does that even mean?
- Thought leader. What the person that wrote
this article thought they were.
- I don't like that word. It actually sounds dumber,
in my opinion.
- I hear people say this sometimes, but it's never really bothered me.
- I'm trying to figure out why any of these
are that annoying.
- (FBE) This one supposedly annoys them because
thoughts cannot be ranked or scored.
If you follow a thought leader, you aren't much of a thinker,
they say. So, your final vote?
- I guess it's a term maybe could be used less,
but I've never heard of it before, so I'm gonna say not banned.
- Don't ban it.
- This term just makes me think of kindergarten,
so I think this term should be used less.
- This is totally fine. You're being a thought leader.
Everybody's a thinker. We're not bothered.
This is staying.
- I hate this word. I'm over it.
Ban it, we're done.
- I don't think that necessarily makes someone
not a thinker. I think a thought leader
is just someone who maybe paves the way for something.
"Thought leader" does sound a little corny though.
Maybe used less.
- (FBE) Another. - Platform?
You mean like when we talk about, "Oh my
social media platform." I say that all the time.
- Platform? I mean, yes.
It's definitely a word that's used a lot.
- What is the definition of platform in this case?
- (FBE) Some people think everyone ranted on social media,
using it as a platform. Final answer?
- I don't think it should be banned
because I think it's a proper way to address
what you use social media for.
- No.
- Keep the word.
- Everyone's social media is sort of their business card.
I don't think it needs to be banned.
- This is fine. This should not be banned.
- No, but also I'm someone who's like, "This is my platform
to do it," so probably people who follow me or people
who do a similar thing as me, they might be annoyed
of me being like, "This is my platform.
This is what we're doing, 'cause it's my platform."
I think it's fine though. I need this word.
- "Importantly." Is that a word?
Don't you just say "More important?"
- Importantly, like "most importantly."
I guess that's kind of one of those words
that could be a little bit annoying if you're
trying to get your point across.
- Why are you guys trying to ban "importantly?"
When I'm writing my essays and I need to sound mature
and proper, I use this word so much.
- (FBE) They say "importantly" should be banned
because just saying "important" is sufficient,
so are you gonna ban this one?
- Yeah, I say "absofruitly." I mean, I get it.
Just to spite them, I'm gonna say not banned.
- I'm not banning this one. This one stays.
- Don't ban.
- Maybe use less, if anything.
- I've just heard so many people say the phrase,
"more importantly," but now that I'm thinking about it,
it sounds pretty silly. People should use this less.
- It's probably correct grammar, but it doesn't feel
like it is, so maybe ban it.
- Grapple? Isn't that when you are wrestling?
- When I hear "grapple," I hear Batman grapple hook,
fly up to the rooftop thing.
- Like Jiu Jitsu? Like grappling, like fighting?
I've never heard this word outside of the context of MMA.
- (FBE) They say whenever someone is struggling
with something, they are now grappling with it.
Some people are annoyed with this word
and feel they should just say "struggle,"
so do you think it should be banned?
- I hear "struggle" more than "grapple."
I don't think I've ever heard "grapple,"
so not banned.
- I've only heard people say the word "struggle,"
not "grapple," but no. No ban.
- I didn't even know people used this word.
I don't think it should be banned.
- It's just a word, dude. Don't ban "grapple."
- I wanna keep it. "Grapple" is fun to say.
- The more words you use, the broader your vocabulary is
and that's better than just to keep using the same words.
I'm fine with the word. I think we can keep it.
The people of Lake Superior, they are grappling with these words.
- (FBE) So, now let's see what our subscribers at FBE2
suggested as the words that should be banned in 2019.
Cool, let's do it. - (FBE) We'll show you
the two highest voted and here's the second highest.
- Okay. "Dab."
Yeah, yeah. That's probably a word
that should've probably died long ago.
- "Dab," I feel like that could have died on its own.
- "Dab," I like this word. "Dab" is a great word.
- "Dab." Okay, yes.
It's dead. "Yeet" is okay.
"Dab," no, because-- I'm sorry, I usually see
twelve years olds doing this.
- (FBE) Hector Longoria posted "dab."
Do you agree with the subscribers, should this be banned?
- No.
- I agree, ban it.
- No.
- Ban it.
- Not banned at all. It has slowly gone down
and I think we are using it in an effective way.
- I will say banned, 'cause I never use it.
And yes, when people dab, it is cringey.
- (FBE) Last word and top voted
by our subscribers. - "Lit," wow.
This is the phrase of my generation, pretty much.
- "Lit," what the heck? Everybody says this.
You can't just ban it.
- I like the word "lit" and "lit" is one of the slang words
that I use ironically, but I use it enough
where it's at the point that I don't think it's ironically
anymore, but I can't tell the difference.
- (FBE) Gabby Gonzales posted "lit" and got
enough thumbs up votes for being the word
that should be the most banned in 2019.
It means when something is turned up or amazing.
So, last one. Banned or not banned?
- Turnt up. Yeah, we'll ban it.
It's old. It's time for it
to be laid to rest. Yeet forever, though.
- Let's get rid of it.
- I use it so often that it's natural at this point.
We are keeping this word.
- Don't ban. It's lit, fam.
- It'd be cool if this was used less and was
replaced by a more lit term.
- We could use it less because I think it can
sometimes be a good little pzazz, like "that's lit."
I didn't like saying that.
- (FBE) Finally, why do you think people care so much
about words that are being used too much
as human beings? - I guess people are just
getting so annoyed with everything and feel so personally attacked
that we have to bring it to just decreasing our vocabulary.
- Because repetitiveness is quite annoying.
It can dilute a word's meaning a lot, but also it's trendy.
People like to be annoyed.
- Everybody has way too many opinions about
other people's lives and I think that's kind of
the problem with 95% of everything is they
see somebody else doing something
that doesn't affect them in any way whatsoever
and they're like, "That's not the way I would do it."
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