My forbidden words for 2010

Back whern he had the time (and didn't need the money), "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening used to do a comic strip called "Life Is Hell". A regularly recurring feature was "Forbidden Words", where he would post a list of overused words and phrases in the hopes of never having to hear them again. To celebrate the arrival of 2010, I'd like to rip off this concept and publish my own list of Forbidden Words. May they forever stay with 2009, one of the most universally craptastic years in the history of calendars.

THE LIST

Recession

Beck (the pundit, or whatever he is, not the musician)

H1N1 or Swine Flu

Gunman

Death Panel

Lady Gaga - AUUUGHH!!! Maybe she's harmless, maybe she's even talented, but the name "Lady Gaga" just sets my nerves on edge and I can't get past it. For what it's worth, I feel the same way about the band "The Ting-Tings". AUUUGHH!!! I realize that may be a shortcoming on my part and not theirs, but still: AUUUGHH!!!

Bailout

A-Rod

Social Networking

Social Distancing

Tea Party and Teabaggers - Silly bastards

Octomom

Public Option

Sexting - Unless somebody wants to send me a little somethin', somethin'

The Salahis

Avatar

"I’mma let you finish"

Reality TV - Seriously. Enough already.

Friending

Unfriending

Gosselin

Autotune - Quite simply, this needs to die. If you can sing, let us hear it. If you can't, shut up. This is officially the best suggestion I have ever made in my life.

Warmist

Birther

Tenther

Balloon Boy

Green State

"Like,..." - This, like, needed to stop 20 years ago. It makes us, like, sound like, like, a nation of morons, like.

Vampires - Seriously. Enough already.