Once it was poltroon. This prompted me to think of all those words that ought to be rescued from the penumbra of obscurity. After all, I spend so much of my time railing against cliché ...

They are on the list of 16 words and expressions that should be banished from the English language, according to Lake Superior State University's annual list of misused, overused and generally ...

I have my own list of seven words (in some cases phrases) I’d like to see banned not just from network TV, but from ever being uttered in public anywhere again. While they may not be as ...