Index to Word Police

(started Nov/Dec 2004)

10 misused words: M/A 18: 241

abbreviations: J/A 22: 113

absolutely: J/F 19: 84

address: J/A 09: p 2

aggravate: J/F 17: 232

ain’t: N/D 13: 45

albeit & although: J/A 15: 175

alternative: N/D 18, 161

although & though: J/F 13: 211

amazing: J/F 19: 203

anticipate: J/A 20: 87

anytime soon: S/O 10: 259

apostrophe S: J/F 11: 227

arguably: M/J 10: 30

as a reminder: J/A 15: 224

atrocities: M/A 17: 239

bad sentences: J/F 18: 234

barbarous errors: M/A 22: 139

being: N/D 11: 278

better & best: M/J 12: 187

between: N/D 22: 145

bios: N/D 18: 162

brava & bravi: M/A 08: 232

capital vs capitol: J/A 18: 194

changing: S/O 22: 166

channel: N/D 18: 207

closure: J/A 10: 287 & J/F 17: 163

closure & declension: N/D 12: 118

comparative & superlative: N/D 17: 256

comprised: J/A 05: 113

contemporary: S/O 12: 247

convince & persuade: M/A 10: 49

credential: S/O 22: 62

critique: N/D 19: 207

curate: N/D 16: 206

current writing: J/F 22: 156

dangling participle: M/J 07: 203

decimated: J/F 17: 249

differing: J/A 20: 136

dis: M/A 21

dis problem: J/F 21

disinterested: M/A 06: 284

diverse: N/D 15: 171

diversity: M/J 08: 276

doable: M/J 14: 195

downside: J/A 18: 200

drop: M/A 20: 187

due to: N/D 05: 46

dynamic: S/O 07: 184

edgy: S/O 16: 105

emigrant: J/F 18: 230

empathy: S/O 06: 299 & M/A 15: 241

enormous: M/J 05: 74

entree: N/D 16: 177

equally: J/F 08: 190

exclusive: M/A 16: 20

existential: J/A 16: 262

experience: N/D 16: 122

experiencing: N/D 13: 63

features: J/F 09: 44

feedback: M/J 17: 156

Festival of Stupidities: M/J 16: 222; J/A 17: 239; J/F 18: 287: S/O 18:

45; N/D 18: 45; M/J 19: 204; S/O 19: 220; J/F 20: 54; J/F 21, M/A 21, S/O

21, N/D 21, M/J 22: 166; S/O 22: 168, N/D 22: 101

finalize: S/O 19: 221

focus: N/D 07: 233; S/O 15: 62

fraught: M/A 18: 231; J/F 20: 208

frescoes: M/A 21

fulsome: J/F 06: 257

functionality: J/A 22: 72

gaslight: M/A 22: 112

gender: N/D 15: 94; N/D 20: 22

general & meaningless words of approval: N/D 17: 252

gifted: J/F 12: 49

global: N/D 18: 204

gobbledygook: J/A 22: 40

going Forward: S/O 16: 175

go to: J/A 18: 191

grow: M/J 15: 192

hack: J/A 19: 210

harken & behold: M/A 19: 248

highlighted: M/J 19: 207

historical: S/O 21

hopefully: S/O 12: 254

How to Spot Propaganda: M/A 18: 249

iconic: M/A 10: 23 & J/F 17: 223

illiteracy: J/A 16: 217

immersive: J/F 19: 82

impact: N/D 04: 50; M/J 16: 59

impactful: M/A 12: 212

infactually: J/A 15: 213

initiative: S/O 17: 205

innovative: N/D 16: 160

irony & ironic: M/A 16: 50

insights, insightful: N/D 13: 141

intriguing: J/F 15: 58

issues: S/0 09: 42; S/O 14: 266

jell: J/A 20: 35

labor of love: J/A 06: 206

language changes: J/A 20

language inflation: S/O 18: 85

the late: M/J 09: 171

legacy: J/F 20: 239

less vs fewer: M/A 17: 233

liaise: J/A 19: 111

lie & lay: J/F 14: 290

live: N/D 10: 294

located: M/J 17: 134

long words: S/O 16: 107

loss of the subjunctive: J/F 13: 243

lower case: J/F 16: 224

majority: J/A 11: 158

majorly: J/F 20: 49

masterful: M/J 06: 219

me, myself, & I: N/D 09: 20

meld: J/A 10: 14; S/O 22: 11

meme: J/A 22: 53

methodology: M/A 16: 96

moot: M/J 22: 115

morph: M/A 10: 63

moving forward: M/J 12: 240

multiple: S/O 13: 282

myriad & multiple: S/O 17: 57

ness disease: S/O 17: 134

new & unnecessary: J/F 17: 237

New York City, J/A 19: 218

notoriety: S/O 11: 226

nouns as verbs: J/A 10: 287

nouns, not verbs: J/A 13: 223

numbers N/D 21

oftentimes: J/A 14: 79

one of the only: S/O 09: 265

on route: J/F 18: 202

opinionated: M/A 05: 152

opt: J/F 15: 248

overly: N/D 05: 250

palate: S/O 11: 118

partially: M/J 20: 176

passion: M/A 13: 48

pause: N/D 21

personal: S/O 16: 133

personal friends: M/A 15: 235

plethora: J/F 06: 50

plurals: S/O 21

possessives & titles: J/F 11: 256

PR Words: J/F 17: 227

pre disease: M/A 13: 259

preference: M/A 18: 254

presently & momentarily: N/D 06: 152

prestigious: J/F 05: 244; J/F 18: 250

prior to: S/O 05: 216

prioritize: J/F 13: 46

pro-active: N/D 14: 57

problematic: N/D 14: 177

proofreading: M/A 19: 180

Publicity Stupidities: S/O 20: 112,160

punctuation: S/O 12: 245

quality: M/A 11: 230

quiescent: M/J 11: 139

quote: M/J 17: 221

reach out: N/D 18: 222

receive: M/A 09: 2

redacted: N/D 19: 188; M/A 22: 173

redundancies: M/J 12: 191; S/O 19: 215; M/A 21

reference: S/O 09: 10

regretfully: M/A 16: 239

resonate: M/J 19: 146

respectively: M/A 16: 171

reveal: M/A 19: 234

robotic speech: N/D 20: 152

rock star: M/J 17: 168

sanction: J/A 20: 39

serial comma: M/A 14: 129

servicing: M/J 13: 183

share: M/J 15: 173 & M/A 18: 244

Short Takes: M/A 18: 255; S/O 18: 239: N/D 18: 223

signature: J/A 14: 46

silences: J/F 10: 293

silent letters: S/O 20: 16

singular they: J/A 12: 219

soon: J/F 17: 83

source: M/A 19: 170

source & task: M/A 15

specialize: M/J 11: 194

spoken language: M/J 20: 183

subject & verb: J/A 22: 34, N/D 22: 110

subjunctive: J/F 22: 153

successfully: J/A 13: 191

table: S/O 19: 50

tad: M/A 17: 168

talent: S/O 18: 195

target: J/A 11: 186

the way in which: M/J 18: 162

this and that: J/F 18: 241

those: J/A 08: 179; M/A 18: 184

throughout: M/A 14: 287

transition: J/F 16: 177

transitive & intransitive: N/D 17: 286

transpire: M/A 06: 254

trendy words: M/J 21

triage: J/F 21

trial: M/A 22: 192

ultimately: S/O 10: 87

upcoming & ongoing: J/A 07: 164

uptight: M/A 19: 251

usage: N/D 11: 259

utilize: M/A 09: 266

venue: J/A 17: 99

verbs as nouns: S/O 15: 191 & J/A 17: 44

viral: J/F 17: 253 & N/D 17: 262

virgule: N/D 19 205

virtual: S/O 20: 23

virtuoso: M/A 19: 127

vogue: M/J 19: 194

what you can’t say: N/D 22: 100

who and whom: S/O 13: 282

within: J/F 07: 253; S/O 22: 114

wizened: M/A 07: inside back cover

woke: M/J 20: 188; J/F 22: 161

women: J/A 21

zero: M/J 19: 190