Politically Correct Terms

New Official Politically Correct Terms for the 90's


OLD---------------NEW


conservative--reactionary


the establishment--white power elite


hearing person--temporarily aurally abled


sighted person--temporarily visually abled


blind--visually challenged


mute--vocally challenged


deaf--aurally challenged


dead--metabolically different


alive--temporarily metabolically abled


ugly--aesthetically challenged


fat--gravitationally challenged


heavy-set--people of mass


rude--politically correct


psychopath--socially misaligned


crooked--ethically challenged


klutzy--kinesthetically challenged


bald--follicularly challenged


short--differently statured


non-white, non-male oppressed--white melanin impoverished / genetically oppressive


white male--oppressor


black--african-american


asian--asian-american


afro-american--african-american


minority group--numerically challenged group; under-represented population


black--person of color


Chicano--person of color


weird green freak--person of color


female--person of gender


drooling drunk idiot--person on floor


group of blacks--Under-Represented population of persons of color


Group of Whites--L.A.P.D.


woman--womyn


women--wymin


girl--pre-womyn


man--oppressor


boy--oppressor-to-be


pregnancy--parasitic oppression


janitor--sanitation engineer


disabled car-mechanically challenged car


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 lackeys of theimperialist drug companies


fishing--raping the oceans


farming-- exploiting mother earth


nhl hockey--uniformed fascists vying for superiority


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