My Hit List Of Untimely Wordery

Each year, most dictionaries add in a handful of new words that have recently fallen into popular use. Words like "chicklit", "dweeb" and others are incorporated and, as a result, given the official seal of verbal legitimacy. Here's what I think we should start doing: for every new word put into a dictionary, one old word has to be taken out. Sure, dour wordaholics like Orwell tend to frown upon such linguistic pruning, but such an act may very well be necessary if our language is to be kept agile and vibrant. So, with this in mind, I have put together a list of words that, for the sake of the English language, should probably be disposed of. Let the savagery begin:

Tomfoolery

Pantless

Clump

Haberdashery

Umpteen

The letters Q through T

Language

In

General

Dingo

Smurf

Flummoxed

Delaware

God

Mohammed

Buddha

Jesus

Human

Matt

Lumpityrumpish (well, okay, this one possibly doesn't exist, but let's stop it before it does.)

Uber

Malarkey

I

Need

To

Get

Laid

Serendipity

Flabbergast

Blog

Thanks. (I'm not saying "thanks", I just really think this word needs to go.)

Thanks. (Now I'm saying "thanks".)