basically. "We don't need basically if we can take a beat to think and state what we're meaning more clearly. If you have a Master's degree or better and have this habit you upgrade basically to essentially."

best. I got backlash about best as an email signoff (I use it) because, I was told, "1. It's false. That really isn't your best...the best you can do is an email? 2. It's like the faux stand-in for sincerely, like you think you're giving me a better word than what your third grade teacher taught you, but really, all you've given me is best. 3. You would never say best in person."

coöperation.

curate. Especially to refer to "food or vintage fashion."

damp. No one likes to be damp.

emoticons. In symbol, if not in word, but in word, too. "A friend of mine goes MENTAL at the sight of emoticons ;-)" said one contributor.

epic. "You mean to tell me epic wasn't even considered?" Our epic mistake, man.

essentially. See above, basically.

firstly. Why the ly? Simplify.

foodie. See hipster.

got. "I try, as a matter of principle, to never use the verb got. I have never found an instance where a different verb is not more descriptive or stronger in meaning."

hate. For reasons having to do with the definition. Especially "when used in a manner such as 'You are just so full of hate.'"

hipster. See above.

honey. "There might be nothing more annoying than an awful sales attendant or arguing significant other calling you honey." Tone is everything.

honestly. "Actually, I think honestly is literally the worst. On the rare occasions when [one] doesn't say honestly, is [one] actually being dishonest? Of course, all of these unnecessary words pale in comparison to the ultimate space-wasting, no-crap expressions: 'at the end of the day' and 'it is what it is.'"

hunk. "to refer to a piece of food," presumably because the word hunk is rather unappealing.

ideation. One cannot love a zombie noun.

interesting. "Because it means nothing."

irregardless. Nonstandard.

just. "If I am around someone I know is sensitive to being directed, using the word just could be a nightmare." Like actually, it's sort of bossy, with attitude.

ketosis. "It's what your body does on Atkins so it's basically self-cannibalizing."

legit. "Often when I hear it, it is not being used legitimately, not to mention I hate the abbreviation."

like. "Like is far worse than actually or literally." Related: awesome.

literally.

loogie. Because.

moist. This one, which we received the most and also the most emphatically, we might have predicted. See also: because.

nuptials. "Sounds like some alien genitalia," says he who nominated this word.

ogled, ogler, ogles. Yuck, and please stop it.

panties. "A lot of people hate the word panties," says one wise soul. Related: "Pants. Not sure why. But try saying it a lot for a while and you'll start screaming."