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Politically correct definitions

By Murray Bourne, 11 Oct 2007

Here's some fun: Politically Correct Definitions.

I enjoyed the euphemism for "loser":

Uniquely fortuned individual on an alternative career path

Some people should not be referred to as "ignorant", but rather:

* Knowledge-based nonpossessor
* Factually unencumbered

An "obnoxious" person may be thought of as:

Charismatically impeded

And next time someone passes on, you can use one of these instead of "dead":

* Living impaired
* Metabolically challenged
* Biologically challenged
* Persons living with entropy
* Environmentally correct human
* Terminally inconvenienced
* Electroencephalographically challenged

See the 1 Comment below.

One Comment on “Politically correct definitions”

  1. Li-sa says:

    This is, in short, d.o.u.b.l.e.s.p.e.ak.

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