Thursday, December 01, 2005

Can I Still Call Someone An Indian-Giver?

Here is a recent listing of politically correct words and phrases to come about this year according to the Global Language Monitor. Please make a note of it.

  • "thought shower" replaces "brainstorming" so as not to offend people with brain disorders
  • "deferred success" replaces "failure" so as not to embarrass those who don't succeed
  • "misguided criminal" replaces "terrorist", at least according to the British Broadcasting Corporation
  • "intrinsic aptitude" is a phrase introduced by Harvard University President Lawrence Summers to explain why women might be underrepresented in engineering and science. It turns out that this phrase was met with a significant amount of "deferred success" and Summers found himself fighting to keep his job.
  • "out of the mainstream" is used to describe the ideology of any political opponent
  • "womyn" is to be used in place of "women" in order to distance the word from men
  • C.E. (Common Era) should be used instead of A.D. (Latin for "Year Of Our Lord") so as to be more neutral in dates
  • And finally, in the spirit of the season, the phrase "God Rest Ye Merry Persons" replaces "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Seasons Greetings" officially replaces "Merry Christmas"
Blogger's Note: Hey, what's the politically correct phrase for "eat me?" I mean c'mon, I'm a liberal guy but I think that whole "womyn" business is just asinine. Are there no bigger problems in the world that need fixing?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hey Torrey! Love your blog!

I think the term "woperson" would fit much better in the PC paradigm.