NILES, IL - NOVEMBER 10: A Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is displayed in a bookstore November 10, 2003 in Niles, Illinois. McDonald's said it is not happy with the word"McJob", which is defined as a dead-end job, in the new Merriam-WebsterThe judges of a Michigan university’s cheeky annual "Banished Words List" have a message for texting and tweeting Americans: Your "wait, what?" joke is lame.
"Wait, what?" irritated nominators who felt the phrase intended to show astonishment or disbelief is overused.The second slot went to another misused and overused phrase: "No worries.""If I’m not worried, I don’t want anyone telling me not to worry," one contributor said. "If I am upset, I want to discuss being upset."
The university began compiling an annual list in 1976. Past nods have gone to "détente," "surely," "classic," "bromance," and "COVID-19."
I vote for 'full stop'.