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- noun uncountable Avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.
- noun countable The result or product of being
politically correct .
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- noun avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against
Etymologies
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From politically correct + -ness.
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sonofgroucho commented on the word political correctness
Politically correct is often abbreviated to "pc".
October 7, 2007
kewpid commented on the word political correctness
See also greasy thug.
October 7, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word political correctness
I am intrigued, apparently nobody has listed greasy thug!
October 7, 2007
kewpid commented on the word political correctness
It's from the Simpsons :)
Lisa: But it's all true.
Miss Hoover: (scoffs) This is nothing but dead, white male-bashing from a PC thug. It's women like you that keep the rest of us from landing a husband.
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Lisa: (sobbing) Ms. Hoover called me a PC Thug.
Homer: Oh Lisa, I've been called a greasy thug, too. It never stops hurting. So here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna grease ourselves up real good and trash that place with a baseball bat.
October 7, 2007