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Why It’s Time to Flambé the Word ‘Foodie’

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It’s no surprise ‘foodie’ has made an influential list of overused, misused, and useless words—although its biggest crime is its grating snobbery.

There's no way of knowing exactly why certain words make us shudder, but they do. Some more than others. And many of us have our own mental record of ones we'd like to see completely nixed from the English lexicon forever.

Last month, Lake Superior State University released their annual List...

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