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Tyee Poll: Like ‘Sustainability,’ What Other Plastic Words Pollute Our World?

Andrew Nikiforuk wrote a treatise against the casual overuse of the word “sustainability,” and how this overuse fosters an environment where our words no longer mean anything.

“Sustainability” has become just another plastic word, Nikiforuk argues, with little to no meaning and polluting our language like plastic in oceans. Companies and industries use the word to greenwash their projects and shield themselves from criticism so often that even scientists and environmentalists have come to resent the word’s usage.

We’re wondering if there are other words that used to mean something, but now pollute our collective vocabulary the way sustainability does? If so, what are they?

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