article_snippet: Don't say 'like', avoid the word 'awesome' and never drop your aitches - the latest edition of the ultimate guide to the English language has been revised for the 21st century.
article_snippet: Jeremy Butterfield Jeremy Butterfield has inserted some strident views into the dictionary - saying that people who use the word 'like' deserve to face physical violence.
article_snippet: But the new Fowler's does make some concessions to the modern world - traditionalists may be angry to discover that the book accepts the use of the world 'literally' to mean 'metaphorically'.
article_snippet: However, in the intervening decades the book has fallen out of fashion, as modern trends have reacted against notions of 'correct' and 'incorrect' language use.
article_snippet: Among the words which Jeremy Butterfield says should be banned are 'challenging', 'awesome' and 'issue', because they have all become clichés, according to The Times.
article_snippet: Jeremy Butterfield also outlaws the use of the word 'achingly' when attached to 'trendy' or 'hip', saying it should be reserved for situations where someone is actually in pain.
article_snippet: Similarly, Jeremy Butterfield insists that the word 'nubile' should mean 'marriageable', not 'sexually attractive' as it is often used nowadays.
article_snippet: But Jeremy Butterfield reserves Jeremy Butterfield most furious broadsides for the word 'like', used by younger generations to pepper younger generations sentences regardless of whether the word serves any linguistic purpose.
article_snippet: Jeremy Butterfield admits to sometimes being a 'grumpy old man' - writes: 'Overuse will cause listeners outside the speaker's immediate social circle, wider social group or age cohort to ignore the content of the message, to assume that the speaker is little short of brain-dead, or, in extreme cases, to wish they had a discreet firearm to hand.'
highlights_snippet: Jeremy Butterfield rails against the overuse of words like 'challenging' and 'awesome'
  Says that anyone who says 'like' deserves a violent reaction .
  