Bumph, Bafflegab and Banished Words

According to The Globe and Mail, a Toronto newspaper which views itself as something of a Canadian authority on matters related to art, style, literature, film, politics, ecology, spirituality and social conventions (which covers just about everything), unacceptable phrases for this year include the following expressions:

97% Fat Free, An Accident That Didn't Have to Happen, Breaking News, Community of Learners, Dawg, Designer Breed, FEMA, First-time Caller, Git-er-done, Holiday Tree, Hunker down, Junk Science, Metrosexual, Pass the Savings on to You, Person of Interest, Talking Points, Up-or-down Vote

The compilation in the Globe and Mail is borrowed from an annual listing published by Lake Superior State University, and just issued for year 2006. LSSU call their list "Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness, and their comments on the banned expressions are truly hilarious.

Is there a bit of jargon "out there" which infuriates you, a meaningless scrap of bafflegab which raises your hackles and rusts your strings? Visit LSSU's site and submit your recommendations for next year. There are several I would like to see enshrined, and I add a few choice expressions of my own every time I pick up a newspaper, which is (thankfully) not very often these days.