Banished Words of 2007

Every January, Lake Superior State University in Michigan publishes its Banished Words List.

I see that this year's list includes "gone/went missing," which has provoked a lot of visitors here. But in a radio interview this morning, I heard the interviewee use the term at least six times.

While usage by enough people can make a word perfectly all right, I still dislike some common expressions:

"No problem" for "You're welcome" (It makes me think I could have been a problem.)
"PER-fect!" (When all I did was order something or give the clerk enough money to pay for it.)
"How are you?" "I'm good/great!" (I asked about your health, not your moral qualities.)
"That begs the question..." (No, it raises the question; begging the question is a failure in logic.)
"Go forward" (Politicians seem unable to frame a sentence without saying "as we go forward.")

What are the English terms that bother you?

Comments

[unclewilly]

There's a radio ad hereabouts that uses "it seems clearly obvious . . .'