From: altshule@skid.ps.uci.edu (Eric Altshuler)
Newsgroups: rec.humor
Subject: Re: POLITACALLY CORRECT DOUBLE SPEAK????
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:07:17 GMT
Organization: University of California, Irvine


This was mailed to me so I thought I would pass it on.  It is a sub-section
of the PC Primer which was very long.  If you are easily offended, then don't
read this.  If you do, then its your own fault if you get pissed.  You are in
here somewhere.


                               PC LEXICON

-> ETHNICITY <-
(PC people do not recognize the term, "race," as valid)
Black                           -   African-American
                                    (NOTE:  DOES NOT INCLUDE
                                       LIBYANS, EGYPTIONS, WHITE S-AFRICANS.
                                            DOES INCLUDE
                                       PEOPLE WITH DARK SKIN REGARDLESS OF
                                       WHERE THEY ARE FROM OR WHERE THEY LIVE.)

Oriental                        -   Asian-American
                                    (NOTE:  NOT CONSIDERED "REAL" MINORITIES
                                            SINCE THEY TEND TO DO WELL)

Indian                          -   Native-American
                                    (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!)

Towel Head/ Ay-Rab              -   Arab-American

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-American

Girl                            -   Pre-Womyn

Housewife                       -   Domestic Engineer

Fireman                         -   Firefighter

Stewardess                      -   Flight Attendent

Meter Maid                      -   Parking Enforcement Aduciator

Post Man                        -   Post Person

Mail Man                        -   Person Person

Policeman (cop, pig)            -   Law Enforcement Officer
                                    Baton Boy
                                    Cal. Clubber

Prostitute                      -   Sex Surrogate
                                    (Teen Victim.  See:  Broken Home)

Mankind, Human                  -   Earth Children

-> PEOPLE : SUB-GROUPS <-

Handicapped                     -   Differently Abled
                                    (Blind  -  Optically Darker
                                               Photonically Non-receptive
                                     Deaf   -  Visually Oriented)

Poor                            -   Economically Unprepared

Bum                             -   Homeless Person
                                    Displaced Homeowner
                                    Philosophy Major

Hunter                          -   Animal Assassin
                                    Meat Mercinary
                                    Bambi Butcher

Whaler                          -   Blubber Lovers

Old Person / Elderly            -   4th-Dimentionally Extended
                                    Gerontologically Advanced

Conservative                    -   Right Wing Extremist Facist Pig

Drug Addict                     -   Chemically Challenged

Bald                            -   Comb-Free

Bisexual                        -   Sexually Non-preferential

Midget, Dwarf                   -   Little People
                                    Vertically Challenged

Convict                         -   Socially Seperated

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                     -   Disfunctional Earth Children

->  MISCELLANEOUS  <-


Broken Home                     -   Disfunctional Family

HouseBroken                     -   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 Mutillated Animal Flesh (SMAF)

Cheeseburger                    -   Adding Insult to Injury

Cheating (in School)            -   Academic Dishonosty


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 Opression Zone

Delicatessen                    -   Corpse Farm
                                    Charnel House