"'Surge' Among Overused Words"

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.

Michigan's Lake Superior State University offered a list of overused words and phrases. According to the list, surge has been used more than enough. Perfect storm should be history, along with Webinar, or online seminar. Post-9/11 should be banned. And then there is blank is the new blank - like chocolate is the new sex. For example, in this post-9/11 world, a perfect storm of Webinar shows that surge is the new light at the end of the tunnel.

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