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Lake Superior State University in Michigan couldn't have been more perfect with its selection of words that should -- but won't be -- banned in 2015.
By the way, we proudly claim the Elusive Minnesota Connection on the list, since the annual tradition was started by W. T. Rabe, former public relations director at the university, and father of former MPR host John Rabe, who now toils for American Public Media in Pasadena. Close enough. It's a Minnesota thing.
Bae
Polar vortex
Hack
Skill set
Swag
Foodie
Curate/Curated
Friend raising
Cra-Cra
Enhanced interrogation
Takeaway
-Nation (when added as a suffix to sports teams' names)
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