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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 08:54 PM
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Most ridiculous PC or redefinition of a common term.
Examples...

Fired = Down sizing.

Retarded = mentally challenged.

Personnel dept. = Human resources.

Midgets = vertically challenged.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 09:00 PM
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1.  Mr. President - George Bush
Edited on Wed Oct-12-05 09:16 PM by johnnie
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 09:01 PM
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2. Horribly wrong and evil = controversial
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kittykatkoffeekup Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 09:07 PM
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3. Here's a few
Plagiarism: Previously Owned Prose (as in "this list was plagiarized from a Washington Post column")
Road Kill: Vehicularly Compressed Maladapted Life Form
Cowardly: Challenge Challenged
Cannibalism: Intra-Species Dining
Vomiting: Unplanned Reexamination of Recent Food Choices
Alcoholic: Anti-Sobriety Activist
Vice President: Post-Coronary Leader of the Free World
Abortion: Near-Life Experience
Rudeness: Tact Avoidance
Assassination: Involuntary Term Limitation
Shoplifter: Cost-of-Living Adjustment Specialist
Dead: Actuarially Mature
Homelessness: Mortgage-Free Living
Corpse: Permanently Static Post-Human Mass
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alarcojon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 09:12 PM
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4. I thought midgets were "little people"
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 09:33 PM
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5. Go fuck yourself =
Spirited exchange of views.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 09:36 PM
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6. barrista-- counter person at a coffee bar.
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 09:39 PM
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7. And now, for the opposing opinion........
out-right fucking lie.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 09:41 PM
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8. Here's my vote for PC gone mad:
at church, the Nominations Committee is now called, according to the Book of Discipline, "The Committee on Lay Leadership." It is the only committee in the church which is led by the pastor. :crazy:
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