Politically correct language

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• Politically correct language
• misguided criminal a term used by the British
  Broadcasting Company in lieu of
• "terrorist" to describe the perpetrators of the
  July 7 attacks on London subways. The BBC
  Editorial Guidelines say the word terrorist can
  be a barrier, rather than an aid, to
  understanding.

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• "thought shower" and "word shower" as
• replacements for "brainstorm" when compiling a
• list of ideas. The latter term may be offensive
  to
• those with various brain disorders, such as
• epilepsy.

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• Another example is "womyn," which is used by
• those who wish to distance the term from man.
• No. 6 on the list is "deferred success,"
  suggested as a
• replacement for "failure" by the Professional
  Association
• of Teachers in the United Kingdom. According to
  the
• GLM, teachers wanted to remove the notion of
  failure
• from schools to raise self-esteem.

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• Calling an army a "defense force" may also be
• called politically correct.
• fat people are gravitationally challenged
• I am an example of the politically incorrect. I
  say
• poor rather than disadvantaged or
  underprivileged.