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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (20651)	1/1/1999 1:14:00 AM
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O.T. (weekend quality material) -- over-used (and irritating) words and phrases. January 1, 1999 Survey: Drop Y2K From Speech Filed at 12:02 a.m. EST By The Associated Press SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) -- The year 2000 is still a year away, but its acronym already has worn out its welcome. ''Y2K'' -- used in discussions about an end-of-the-millennium computer glitch -- topped the 23rd annual list of banished words issued Friday by Lake Superior State University. ''It's already so overused I believe people's eyes glaze over when confronted with it,'' said John Charles Robbins, a columnist for the Petoskey News-Review. Lake Superior State releases the list each Jan. 1 from submissions gathered from academia, advertising, business, journalism, the military, politics and sports. Some other words and phrases on this year's list: --The '-gate' construction: The -gate words used to describe happenings in Washington and elsewhere, such as Filegate and Monicagate. --Stun: Douglas Pearson of Lansing, Mich., is dismayed at the overuse of stun in sports stories. His example: ''Canucks stun Wings.'' The Wings may have been angry, disappointed or, perhaps, frustrated, but probably not stunned. --Courtesy Call: Al Schut of Muskegon, Mich., wonders when unsolicited sales calls are ever considered a courtesy. --Ask for it by name: ''As if there's any other way.'' -- Eric Zonyk of Charlotte, Mich. --So: As in, the phrase most loved by teen-agers. ''I'm SO not going there.'' Copyright 1999 The New York Times Company