The 10 Words You Cannot Say In 2026

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🗓️ 4 January 2026

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It’s the 50th anniversary of the annual BANISHED words list, and Amy and T.J. go over the top 10 words and phrases you can no longer say in 2026. They also go through some of the words that just won’t stay banished, because “at the end of the day” it’s “awesome” and a total “game changer.”

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed human.
0:15.4	Hey there, folks.
0:16.4	It is Sunday, January 4th, and we certainly hope you left a certain number of words back in 20, 25.
0:26.5	Yes, we have an annual list of banished words that you should not be using this year.
0:33.0	And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ.
0:35.7	We got 10 on the list right off the bat. I agree with 70, 80% of the list. Right off the back. And thankfully, same is not on the list, but maybe it should be because I have annoyed myself by saying that. But yes, I agree with this list. It made me laugh. And I have to admit, I did not know this was a thing. There was a banished
0:56.9	words list. And this is the 50th annual list. Yeah, we've been waiting for a big year to do this.
1:04.7	So once they got to the 50th, we thought this was a good time. But no, give them credit for this.
1:09.5	And there is value. And it is interesting to see how words kind of evolve over time. But no, give them credit for this, and there is value, and it is interesting
1:11.9	to see how words kind of evolve over time. But this is out of Lake Superior State University,
1:16.6	up in, of course, Michigan. But they've been doing this for 50 years. Now, they actually take
1:23.3	submissions. They actually get public input, and this year they got thousands from all over the
1:28.4	world as before. So they didn't just pluck these out and make them up themselves. A lot of
1:32.9	these, and I'm curious, the listeners will agree with a lot of these that, because don't you go
1:37.5	down the list and go, hell yeah, please, y'all stop saying that. Exactly. Yes. And like this is a
1:42.6	list that basically are words that are either misused or are useless or maybe just annoying, correct? That's how it makes the list.
1:51.5	Okay. Another one for you here to tease, Roves, is of the list, are there any that you would say, you know what, that one can stay?
2:00.6	Yes. Oh, wow. More than than one i would say that i i know that i say
2:06.6	that doesn't mean we should keep it that's what i was no no no not based on your usage i think
2:14.2	i can only think of one that I feel like is okay to say.
2:18.9	Okay.
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