politically correct vocabulary: a few examples

 

Traditional words/ politically correct words/ the funny PC words…

 

a dwarf /    a small person  /    a vertically challenged person

blacks / coloured, colored  people   /    ?    ex:  melanin-full people  (So Snow White is a melanin-free character)

handicapped/ physically impaired / ?      

old  (rude) ,  elderly people /    senior       /ex: mature people

deaf /                                  /     ex: deprived of the sense of hearing

blind /                               ex: seeing with his hands

stupid /                               /   ex: half-educated ;    half-brained

woman /    womon (feminist word to avoid MAN) /    ex: producer of life;

women  /                     womyn?                            /           people with the same rights as men        

child  /                                             /    ex: unfinished person

witch /                                   ex:  wart-chinned female character with magic powers

wizard /            ex: hooded male character playing Quidditch

 

ETC.

 

 

A)     Complete the vocabulary

B)      Write the next § o f "Little Red Riding Hood"with your funny inventions

C)     Read the end of story on the blog

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