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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby Daculling » Mon 14 Apr 2008, 21:47:18

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JJ', '"')opportunity" for "problem"

this is what they use at work.


From what I understand they are the same word in Cantonese. Oh, no. That is conflict and opportunity.
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby Lumpy » Mon 14 Apr 2008, 22:22:15

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'O')h, OH...Almost forgot...My worst.."memes" I know sometimes it's used correctly, but I find so many people when trying to sound very contemporary and intelligent, use this word, at least once during the course of a conversation.


We are really into words and word origins at our house.
We were just trying to think of a sentence in which the word "meme" would be correctly used.

Could you (or someone here) give us an example? We know what it means ... we just can't figure out how to use it correctly.

Help?

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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby BigTex » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 01:52:42

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lumpy', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'O')h, OH...Almost forgot...My worst.."memes" I know sometimes it's used correctly, but I find so many people when trying to sound very contemporary and intelligent, use this word, at least once during the course of a conversation.


We are really into words and word origins at our house.
We were just trying to think of a sentence in which the word "meme" would be correctly used.

Could you (or someone here) give us an example? We know what it means ... we just can't figure out how to use it correctly.

Help?

Lumpy


"Dr., look at this, the 'Doomer' meme is popping up more and more in our forum scans. What is our critical mass before we can start the attack?"
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby seldom_seen » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 02:01:30

eco-friendly
eco-tourism
eco-safe

When I hear eco-anything I just want to grab my AK and start mowing down sh*t.

social justice

When I hear the words social justice, I put on my Che Guevera t-shirt, grab my copy of Das Kapital and run out to the World Workers Party demonstration.
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby mos6507 » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 06:13:42

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jenab6', '
')I think that euphemisms that try to represent alien groups as Americans are especially revolting.

African American
Native American
Jewish American
Mexican American


I don't like hyphenization either but this is nothing but a bigoted rant, pure and simple. An american citizen is an american citizen regardless of their ethnicity.
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby TWilliam » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 14:14:20

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jenab6', '
')I think that euphemisms that try to represent alien groups as Americans are especially revolting.

African American
Native American
Jewish American
Mexican American


I don't like hyphenization either but this is nothing but a bigoted rant, pure and simple. An american citizen is an american citizen regardless of their ethnicity.


Then they need to drop their whining if people don't 'properly' refer to them as [whatever ethnicity] - American and accept the generally inclusive 'American'...
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby Ludi » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 14:29:05

Do people really whine about not being called "African-American" or "Mexican-American"? I should think none of them would mind being called "American."

I've never heard the kind of whining you describe.....but then, I don't get out much.
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby hironegro » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:20:38

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jenab6', '
')I think that euphemisms that try to represent alien groups as Americans are especially revolting.

African American
Native American
Jewish American
Mexican American


I don't like hyphenization either but this is nothing but a bigoted rant, pure and simple. An american citizen is an american citizen regardless of their ethnicity.


Then they need to drop their whining if people don't 'properly' refer to them as [whatever ethnicity] - American and accept the generally inclusive 'American'...


Why does this bother you?
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby light » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 16:21:09

I am an HLA Haplotype B42H114GRyZ34,35 AMERICAN

Do I get foodstamps now?
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby hironegro » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 17:32:34

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('light', 'I') am an HLA Haplotype B42H114GRyZ34,35 AMERICAN

Do I get foodstamps now?


You'll get food stamps if you meet the income requirements set by your state, and you'll probably get additional food stamps if you have dependents.

keeping raging against those evil darkies!
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby mercurygirl » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 19:34:42

"Built Green"

"Paradigm"

Not PC, but jargon:

"Resources" instead of people

"Skill-set"
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Re: What PC Euphemisms Do You Love to Hate?

Unread postby threadbear » Tue 15 Apr 2008, 21:56:58

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mercurygirl', '"')Built Green"

"Paradigm"

Not PC, but jargon:

"Resources" instead of people

"Skill-set"


"collateral damage" instead of victim of state sanctioned murder.

Corporate daycare jargon--"units" instead of children.
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