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# Telegraph style book: banned words
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12:01AM GMT 19 Feb 2008
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This is a list that is liable to grow.
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* [Telegraph Style Book: introduction][1]
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ace is acceptable when describing a card, it is not to be used to describe
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someone who excels at something
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ahead of (before is shorter)
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as of now
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autopsy (Americanism)
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## Related Articles
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* [Introduction][2]
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10 Jan 2008
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bid (when we mean attempt)
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blasted
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bloodbath
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boardroom antics
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boffin
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breathtaking
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bubbly (both for champagne and young women)
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budget airline
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chairperson, chair (chairman is correct English)
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choke back tears
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clampdown
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closet (as an adjective)
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coffers
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come out (for homosexual and lesbian people)
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crackdown, cracks down
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crowd pleaser
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deep throat
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disgraced managers, innocent victims and all their tribe are out
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doctors fought to save
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entitled (when we are referring to something's name)
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epitome of
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Europhobe
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fall pregnant
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fighting for his life
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frail grannies
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green light
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heartbreak
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hit series
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gunned down
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hike (when we mean a rise)
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huge
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iconic
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jaw-dropping
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loaned (no such verb: used lent)
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luxury (as an adjective: very tabloid)
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mass exodus
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meet with
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mission creep
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mum-to-be
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mystery callers
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nation's favourite
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order of magnitude
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over, when the sense is more than
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perfect storm
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perverted Scout leaders
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prestigious
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prior to
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probe (when we mean inquiry)
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quizzed is not an acceptable substitute for questioned.
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revellers
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rubbish (as a verb)
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set to, as in "The Church of England was last night set to..." or "The FA is
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set to name...", is to be avoided at all costs in text and headlines.
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shocked
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simply (as in "simply fill in the form")
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slammed is acceptable for a door, but not as a metaphor for criticism.
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slashed (instead of cut)
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snapped (of a photograph)
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sparked (when we mean caused)
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stretcher - it is not a verb
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stunned
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stunning (unless the subject really is unconscious)
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toff
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toilet
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Trademark (except when referring to trademarks); never refer to someone
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"wearing his trademark hat" etc.
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try and (it is try to)
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U-turns are reversals, about-turns or rethinks. Avoid cliches, especially
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horrors like "a furious row erupted" and "massive heart attack". "Brutal
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murder/rape" is a tautology: we should assume all such crimes are brutal.
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Watch out for hackneyed expressions such as ordeal, crackdown, feisty,
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legendary, lifestyle, major, massive, mammoth, bumper, bonanza, boost,
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effectively, pinta, copy-cat, look-alike, tit-for-tat and substitute proper
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words, where the word or phrase is not redundant.
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Phrases taken from film titles, such as home alone, are over-used. Instead of
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saying that children are left "home alone" say "left alone". It's better. Our
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readers know that parents whose children have been murdered or otherwise
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killed are "devastated" and "heart-broken" and we should not stupidly say that
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they are.
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