Thagomizer wrote:
"intelligent design theorist", "sanitary engineer"
YES.. I hate deceptive lies intended to make things sound nicer than they are, or "euphemisms" as they are euphamistically called.
My granddad didn't "pass away", he died. WTF does that mean anyway? I've passed slow traffic, I've passed gas, but how the hell do you pass "away"?
Disabled people aren't necessarily "differently abled". You could be missing your legs and in all likelihood you'd still have no abilities that are unique or different from anybody else's.
Nor are short people "vertically challenged". They can't somehow become taller if they overcome a "challenge", they're just short. End of story.
"African American" is another stupid one. The vast majority of black people have been here for several generations. They're Americans. I don't refer to myself as an Irish-German-British-Scottish American because my ancestors came from those countries over 100 years ago! A black friend of mine gets pissed off when some politically correct jackass refers to her as A-A, because her family is actually from Jamaica.
One of the absolute worst is "Director of First Impressions" instead of "receptionist". I thought it was a joke the first time I heard it, but there are
numerous job openings for that title.