Help! We’re drowning in word overuse.
Perhaps this is a baroque worry, but nowhere is it written that Santa gives out only plastic and metal objects for Christmas. There are, it can be said, many more meaningful things to request while sitting on the lap of a man wearing a red suit and fake beard. Thinking in such expansive ways can lead a person to myriad other types of desires, from good health to world peace. Meaningful gifts, then, can come in many forms, so perhaps wanting something to stop is acceptable. In a nutshell, we humbly ask: Dear Santa, Can we banish three words from the English language? Here is the rationale for such a request:
Experts who study such things claim there are just about one million words in the English language. Of course, many of these are no longer in use, but even if this number were to be…
