I'm not sure if Lake Superior State University is actually redefining the classroom (as their website states) but they are taking a healthy shot at ridding the English language of a bunch of stupid phrases that most of us are sick of. If you pay even passing attention the media, then you hear phrases like "post-911" and "perfect storm" about a hundred times a day too many. Hence this list of words and phrases to be banned. I agree with most of them, and will be submitting my own suggestions... and you can play along here.
From the 'Massive Overuse In Restaurant Menus' category, please banish forever: drizzled (drizzle is an effect of excessive moisture, not a method to apply toppings) and slathered (you slather on sunscreen, not butter). Why? Because it smacks of trying too hard to make food sound sexy. Because you'd never hear them in a busy kitchen. Can you imagine? "Pietro! Pass me the ladle, I have to do some drizzling!" The only chefs using these words either have a TV show or are taking themselves way too seriously; and usually both.
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