'GOAT,' along with 'inflection point,' 'quiet quitting' and 'gaslighting' makes an appearance on the list, which has been released annually since 1976.
Lake Superior State University released their list of banished words, and the term "GOAT" topped the list.
The university has released its annual list, amassed from submissions from around the world, which highlights phrases or words that its judges deem misused, overused -- or simply useless. "The singularity of 'greatest of all time' cannot happen, no way, no how," Peter Szatmary, executive director of marketing and communications at Lake State, said in a press release. "And instead of being selectively administered, it's readily conferred. Remember Groucho Marx's line about not wanting to join a club that would accept him as member?
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