Yet another sign that the public is tired of the green hype

Bravo, Lake Superior State University

...All those words and phrases are the annual List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness, produced by Lake Superior State University on Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

The 34th version of the list, released Tuesday, selected 15 entries from about 5,000 nominations, and the bulk of the entries came from the environmental category - for "green" or "going green."

"If I see one more corporation declare itself 'green,' I'm going to start burning tires in my backyard," wrote Ed Hardiman of Bristow, Va., in his submission.

Nominators had also had their fill of "carbon footprint" - the amount of greenhouse gases an individual's lifestyle produces.
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Lake Superior State's 2009 list of banished words

DETROIT - Lake Superior State University's 2009 list of banished words and phrases:

-green

-carbon footprint or carbon offsetting
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