METROSEXUALS A NO-NO FOR LINGUISTS

Metrosexuals a no-no for linguists
The Associated Press
The TImes of India
Thursday, January 1, 2004
Detroit - Calling all metrosexuals: Get rid of that bling-bling or at least find another word for it.

In its annual compilation of language irritants, Lake Superior State University singled out 17 words and phrases that it says ought to be banned as overused, trite, euphemistic or just plain inaccurate.
The 2004 losers were chosen by a university committee from more than 5,000 nominations from around the world.

'Metrosexual' topped the list. Coined in 1994 by British journalist Mark Simpson, the term refers to urban, usually heterosexual men with a keen interest in fashion, shopping and elaborate grooming.
But to Bob Forrest of Tempe, Arizona, one of many to nominate the term for banishment, it "sounds like someone who only has sex downtown or on the subway."
Fred Bernardin of Arlington , Massachusetts , asked, "Aren't there enough words to describe men who spend too much time in front of the mirror?" As for 'punked' or 'punk'd,' as the MTV prank show spells it the
committee defined it as `bamboozled, duped, flimflammed, hornswoggled'.
'Bling-bling,' a term for flashy jewellery or other luxury goods, made its way into the mainstream from rap music. Said Todd Facklas of Chicago : "Yes, your mom might say it. Nothing could kill the mystique of a word faster."
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