Viral '6-7' tops 2025 list of overused words and phrases
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Key Points:
- The 50th annual Banished Words List by Lake Superior State University names "6-7" as the most overused and misused phrase to be retired in 2025, based on around 1,400 submissions from across the U.S. and internationally.
- Other top banned words and phrases include "cooked," "demure," "incentivize," "perfect," "gift/gifted," "my bad," and "reach out," with some like "my bad" and "reach out" having appeared on past lists.
- The phrase "6-7," popular among Gen Z and highlighted by Dictionary.com as the 2025 word of the year, is considered nonsensical and confusing to
