Plastic Deformation of the Word Führer

I'm currently reading "I Will Bear Witness - A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933 - 1941" by Victor Klemperer. Klemperer was a German Jew who lived in Dresden with his non-Jewish wife. On February 13, 1945, he was finally ordered by the Gestapo to report for deportation (and almost certain death) in three days, on February 16th. That night, however, Dresden was firebombed by the Allies, and the chaos saved Klemperer's life as he escaped the city with thousands of other refugees.

In his entry for July 14, 1934, more than 10 years before the final spasms of World War II in Europe destroyed his home city, Klemperer wrote (translated from the original German), "Observant Jews purify vessels that have become tref [ritually unclean] by burying them. In the same way the word 'leader' [Führer] will have to be buried for a long time before it is pure and serviceable again."  Now, 82 years later, and 73 years past the end of the Nazi Third Reich, the word führer still carries connotations of evil that it may never shed. The Mirriam-Webster English-language definition of führer is "Tyrant." Though it once just meant "leader" in German, under its use as Hitler's self appointed title, it changed; the definition was bent too far, and now may never spring back to what it once was. Even in other languages non-native German speakers know the word / title that evoked such passion, and for many, terror, so many years ago.

What other words will history change out from under us?  Leave a comment...