What exactly is the "Banished Word List?"?

At Lake Superior State University, words are added annually to the Banished Word List. Are these words just suggestions of words that should not be used or are students really not allowed to use these words? a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101231/lf_nm_life/us_banished_words"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101231/lf_n…/a