Not very "PC", am I. Well, what can I say. We now have to call "Manhole covers" something like "Sewer maintenance service access portals"? Listed below are some other examples of pre and post PC terms. You tell me what you think about them.
Before PC After PC Blind Visually (or optically) Challenged Deaf Aurally Challenged Lazy Motivationally Challenged Web Master Chief person in charge of maintaining the web Site. Communist Socialist Socialist Democrat Poor Financially Challenged Rich Republicans Republicans RichOk, here's one of the first group of terms to be contributed. I would like to add that while I may not agree with all of these terms, it doesn't mean they're not real. I've seen more than a few of them actually used in the manner suggested below.
"before PC" "After PC"
ETHNICITY
(PC people do not recognize the term, "race," as valid)
Black - African-American
(NOTE: DOES NOT INCLUDE
LIBYANS, EGYPTIANS, WHITE
S-AFRICANS.
DOES INCLUDE
PEOPLE WITH DARK SKIN REGARDLESS OF
WHERE THEY ARE FROM OR WHERE THEY LIVE.)
Oriental - Asian-Canadian
(NOTE: NOT CONSIDERED "REAL" MINORITIES
SINCE THEY TEND TO DO WELL)
Indian - Native-Canadian
(NOTE: THE FOLLOWING TEAMS ARE NOT PC:
Atlanta Braves
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Chiefs
Washington Redskins
AVOID THESE CITIES!!!)
Chicano - Hispanic
(NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT PC:
Cheech and Chong
Chico and the Man episodes
Cisco Kid
Rosarita Salsa
Speedy Gonzales
AVOID! AVOID!)
White Trash - PC Unaware
Rustically Inclined
WASP (white male) - Insensitive Cultural Oppressor (ICO)
GENDER
(PC people don't like the word "sex" as it has confusing connotations)
Woman - Womyn, Vaginal-Canadian
Girl - Pre-Womyn
Housewife - Domestic Engineer
Fireman - Firefighter
Stewardess - Flight Attendant
Meter Maid - Parking Enforcement Aduciator
Post Man - Post Person
Mail Man - Person Person
Policeman - Law Enforcement Officer
Baton Boy
Cal. Clubber
Prostitute - Sex Surrogate
(Teen Victim. See: Broken Home)
Mankind, Human - Earth Children
PEOPLE : SUB-GROUPS
Handicapped - Physically Challenged
Differently Abled
Handi-Capable
Blind - Optically Darker
Photonically Non-receptive
Deaf - Visually Oriented
Poor - Economically Unprepared
Bum - Homeless Person
Displaced Homeowner
Philosophy Major
Hunter - Animal Assassin
Meat Mercenary
Bambi Butcher
Whaler - Blubber Lovers
Old Person / Elderly - 4th-Dimentionally Extended
Gerontologically Advanced
Conservative - Right Wing Extremist Fascist Pig
Drug Addict - Chemically Challenged
Bald - Comb-Free
Bisexual - Sexually Non-preferential
Midget, Dwarf - Little People
Vertically Challenged
Convict - Socially Separated
Insane People - Selectively Perceptive
Mental Explorers
(person with) (person with)
Learning Disability - Self-Paced Cognitive Ability
Tree-Hugger - Environmental Activist
Logger - Wood Weasel
Paper Pirate
Treeslayer
Dead People - Dysfunctional Earth Children
Biologically Challenged
Metaphysically Challenged
MISCELLANEOUS
Broken Home - Dysfunctional Family
House Broken - Family Disfunction
Cattle Ranch - Cattle Concentration Camp (CCC)
"Moo-shwitz"
Senile Bag o' Bones - Alzheimer's Victim
Ghetto/Barrio - (EHA) Ethnically Homogenous Area
Pre-Integrated Pre-Nirvana
Hamburger - Seared Mutilated Animal Flesh (SMAF)
Cheeseburger - Adding Insult to Injury
Cheating (in School) - Academic Dishonesty
Used Books - Recycled Books
Trees - Oxygen Exchange Units
Gang - Youth Group
Pimp-mobile, Low-rider - Culturally Responsive Transportation
Option
Drunk/Trashed - Spatially Perplexed
Slum - (EOZ) Economic Oppression Zone
Delicatessen - Corpse Farm
Charnel House
Obese - People of Mass
What do you think? Email me at albert@albertlowe.com with your questions or comments.
Created: December 7, 1996
Last updated: May, 20, 2001
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