Overused words that need to disappear

Guido Menzio, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania, was working on a differential equation while waiting for the Syracuse-bound plane to take off from Philadelphia, the Washington Post reported. He had to present the findings of a working paper at Queen's University. But a passenger somehow mistook the equation for Arabic or some sort of Islamic code for a terrorist attack.

That's how the 41-minute flight ended up delayed by two hours—a false alarm the olive-skinned, curly, dark-haired native Italian chalked up to racial profiling.

What is Potus and Scotus?
Sounds like some sort of skin problem.

It reached overused status a decade ago, but I think "awesome" is still overused. I hate when they describe every woman anywhere who is good at anything as a "diva". My most hated phrases? "It is what it is" - spoken solemnly, like the speaker has conveyed an actual freaking thought. Also, "I know, right?" - to express solidarity with whoever is speaking about whatever. As in, "Man, you can't tell what this weather is going to do next." "I know, right?"

maybe i'm just envious that we can't use some cool acronym for our leaders, PMOC (Prime Minister of Canada) doesn't roll of the tongue