A recurring feature on The Wednesday Audio: the ever-growing list of words I've banned. Say one anywhere on this site and it gets bleeped, and sent straight here.
The Banned Words Bin is a recurring feature on my podcast, The Wednesday Audio. It’s exactly what it says: an ever-growing list of words and phrases I’ve decided are banned. Mostly the limp, overused, content-marketing nonsense that makes me want to lob my laptop in a canal.
Here’s the trick. Say one of these words anywhere on this site and it gets bleeped out on the spot, then quietly linked back here. Go and have a read of one of my essays or that article about AI and watch the redactions pile up. (Hover a bleeped word if you really must know what was said.)
Curated with love and gr*titude, as the original list puts it. Here’s the bin so far:
‘Do your own research’
Banned
(C)OLDPLAY
Banned
1*X
Banned
7 st*ps
Banned
7 things
Literally Banned
A word Mark Dykeman suggested
Banned
Actualise
Banned
Advert
Banned
Advice You Can Apply RIGHT NOW
Banned
AI
Banned
alg*rithms
Banned
ALL COFFEE AND TYPES OF COFFEE
Banned
AMERICANO
Banned
at*mic h*bit
Banned
auth*nticity
Banned
b**p
Banned
b*nned
Banned
b*rritos
Banned
Back Pain
Banned
Banned
Not Banned
basic bitch
Not Banned
BIG FACTS
Banned
Boring
Banned
Breakdown
Banned
Burritos
Not Banned
c*dence
Banned
c*mpounding
Banned
c*n y*u d*uble cl*ck th*t f*r m*
Banned
c*ntent
Banned
c*ntent pr*duction p*rsuits
Banned
c*ration
Banned
chatgpt
Banned
Clickbait
Banned
Conflict
Banned
Content Creator
Banned
cr*ator
Banned
Creative Funk
Banned
cryst*llised
Banned
Curmudgeon
Banned
Curmudgeon
Not Banned
dhcmrlchtdj (duhcomerlickturj)
Banned
Digital writer
Banned
Electric and Gas
Banned
eng*gement
Banned
Engagement Tactics
Banned
Facts and Figures
Banned
g*me ch*nger
Banned
GM
Banned
GOING FORWARD
Banned
gr*titude
Banned
Growth Strategy
Banned
h*ck
Banned
h#shtag
Banned
Henchman
Banned
I d*n't kn*w wh* n*eds t* h*ar th*s
Banned
inf*nite g*mes
Banned
ins*ght
Banned
j*urney
Banned
l*terally
Literally Banned
l*terally
Banned
L*TERALLY (further banned)
Banned
l*verage
Banned
Late
Banned
Latte (because its just a fucking coffee)
Banned
LEARNINGS
Banned
Let me solution that for you
Banned
LinkedIn
Banned
m*ssion
Banned
make
Not Banned
MEOW
Banned
Mission Impossible
Not Banned
n*ver
Banned
Narrative
Banned
Negativity
Banned
Negativity
Under Review
Niche
Banned
Nickleback
Banned
Nickleback, dimeback, poundBack, pennybacK
Banned
NODE
Banned
opp*rtunity
Banned
opt*mum
Banned
p*vot
Banned
PERCENT
Banned
Peter Andre
Banned
pr*ctical
Banned
pr*ductivity
Banned
Purpose
Banned
r**olution
Banned
r*ad my st*ry
Banned
repeat
Banned
Repeat
Not Banned
Resonating
Banned
s*nse-m*king
Banned
Scale and/or scaling things
Banned
SEVERAL DELICIOUS CHEESES
Banned
SEVERAL DELICIOUS CHEESES
Not Banned
Sorry
Banned
Sorry
Not Banned
Spice Girls
Banned
Strategy
Banned
t*ctics
Banned
Tagline
Banned
The ******* GUY
Banned
thoroughly recommend
Banned
thr*ad
Banned
Thursday
Banned
thursdy
Banned
Tw*tter
Banned
Un-positive
Banned
v*luable
Banned
v*lue
Banned
w*sdom
Banned
You have a software update
Banned