In this article about the history of the word nauseous, I was happy to be introduced to the idea of a skunked term:
The problem now, however, is that sufficient numbers of prescriptivists disparage the “affected with nausea” meaning, while those who use the word in that manner may be unfamiliar with the traditional “causing nausea” meaning. In other words, it has become a skunked term, as Bryan Garner calls it in his Modern American Usage: either way you use it, somebody is probably going to be unhappy.
Other examples include the words nonplussed, bemused, and enormity.