Lake Superior State University has published it's list of words to be banished in 2006 (and thereafter, presumably). The 2006 list includes gems such as hunker down, FEMA, and person of interest.
The archives also have banished word lists going back to 1976. The list for that year included gems such as dialog, detente, and (horrors) scenario. About the use of scenario, LSSU says
Scenario - Spread like wildfire after Watergate. It can be roughly translated as "I don't know what had happened (or will happen) but this is a scenario." Means: "I'm making this up." Also used when reporter doen't want to use "according to unimpeachable source."
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