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Banished Words

Posted on January 11, 2025January 11, 2025 by Pam

Ran across the funniest article today on which words should be left behind in 2024. They are cringe, game changer (I agree – so sick of that one), era, dropped, IYKYK, sorry not sorry, skibidi, 100%, utilize, and period. Here are some of the reasons provided by Lake Superior State University on 1/1/25. This is a little bit like the fashion pages that say what is “in” and what is “out”. I guess cringe once packed a punch but has a dulled impact. Taylor Swift has overused the word era. I like the word dropped because my daughter uses that in her business. Dropped is used instead of introduced so let’s return to introduced. IYKYK (if you know, you know) offers little substance or clarity. I think it’s snobby. Sorry not sorry is self-explanatory as a half-hearted apology, only worse than sarcasm. What in the world is skibidi? No one seems to know except the internet mentions a toilet? I happen to like 100% of anything. I’m all in. They call utilize a classic offender. Since when does ‘use’ not do the job? Period is often used to shut the other person up to win an argument. Then the university invites us to enter our own suggestions. Speaking of leaving things behind, we crossed the 2024 finish line and I, too, am hopeful to just bring what is useful and to look on what is truly beautiful and adds value to the lives of those around me.

"Thoughts from a genuinely evaluative mind."

Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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