[rec.humor.funny] Official Politically Correct Terms for 1991

xerxes@ucscb.ucsc.edu (65017000) (04/11/91)

	       New Official Politically Correct Terms for 1991.
                             You Must Comply



	old				new
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conservative			reactionary
The Establishment		White Power Elite
hearing person			temporarily aurally abled
sighted person			temporarily visually abled
blind				visually challenged
mute				vocally challenged
dead				metabolically different
alive				temporarily metabolically abled
ugly				aesthetically challenged
rude				politically correct (tm)
psychopath			socially misaligned
bald				follicularly challenged
non-white, non-male		oppressed
white				melanin impoverished/genetically oppressive
white male			oppressor
black				african-american
asian				asian-american
afro-american			african-american

pregnancy			parasitic oppression

janitor				sanitation engineer
dish washer			utensil sanitizer

dairy				where cows are raped
ranch				where cattle are murdered
egg ranch			where hens are raped

biology department		where animals are tortured and then murdered
				to fulfill the sadistic fantasies of white
				male scientist lakeys of the imperialistic
				drug companies

fishing				raping the oceans
farming				exploiting mother earth

paper bag			processed tree carcass

Many of the labels from the 80's are now passe.  Here is a partial
list of the denotations that are now acceptable (all labels are subject
to change without notice).

old			80's			90's
---			----			----
deaf			hearing impaired	aurally challenged
blind			sight impaired		visually challenged
retarded		mentally handicapped	mentally challenged
queer			gay/homosexual		queer [strange but true]
fat			big boned		alternative body image

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