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Here's the mouth of the horse. http://www.lssu.edu/banished/archive/2003.phpI'm going to submit "Banished Words List" for their 2004 list.
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I'm going to submit "Banished Words List" for their 2004 list 
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The 'black ice' from Faldage's link bothered me as a problem a year ago and still bothers me. It is a most excellent word--descriptive, accurate in terms of what to avoid, and malevolent-sounding enough to strike us with a serious warning. Anyone who has traveled down winding country roads on freezing mornings who has been warned about black ice must be grateful for such a term because as the headlights illuminate the dark road and that glistening shining patch of patent-leather appearing ice comes into sight, one thinks: Black ice! And will slow down even more to avoid the deadly consequences of not doing so. I know of too many paraplegic, quadraplegic, and death episodes to think of that ice as anything but black ice.
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Er, DavidFaldage, not to pick a nit, but your link is the mouth of last year's horse. The new one is dated 2004 - so your nomination will go to the 2005 edition of the "Banished Words List." 
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Good thing you weren't picking a nit, nancyk. It's a little early to be posting a list of banished words from 2004.
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I don't mind the word black-ice either. Ice isn't always the same.
You have that crunchy ice that has had salt poured on it, unfrozen, then frozen again, so it's not as slippery. And ice patches and ice over unfrozen potholes...but black ice is different.
Black ice is deceptively easy to mistake as wet pavement. It is a sheet of extremely clear glass over the road that you just don't see, and is so smooth that you can just slide through stop signs and red lights.
I know you're supposed to be careful when driving, but a black-ice advisory is always useful to help you keep that extra eye out.
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Peel and eat shrimp: You could always think you should peel and cook.
Mental mistake: The other kind is physical.
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It's a little early to be posting...2004Maybe so, but: http://www.lssu.edu/banished/archive/2004.phpObviously didn't stop the folks at LSSU from doing exactly that.
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Right you are nancyk. My bad. Is that one on anyone's list?
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