Friday, December 09, 2005
The Top Politically (in)Correct Words for 2005
My favorite being: “Deferred Success as a euphemism for the word fail. The Professional Association of Teachers in the UK considered a proposal to replace any notion of failure with deferred success in order to bolster students self-esteem.” And we wonder why people are becoming whimpering sheep.
Tired of crappy words and phrases used by the media and government?
Take a look at Lake Superior State University 2005 List of Banished Words Some examples include words I am sick of like:
BLUE STATES/RED STATES
FLIP FLOP/FLIP FLOPPER/FLIP FLOPPING
AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE
ENEMY COMBATANT
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
Being a recovering Sports Junkie, this made me laugh
Baseball Knowledge will Not Help You Pick Up Girls.
Or
Kids Letters from Terrorist Camp
BayRaider is a site totally devoted to the weird sold on Ebay.
Did you know that FANTASTIC 4 ELECTRONIC THING HANDS is one of this Christmas’ Most Dangerous Toys? It is according to WATCH (World Against Toys Causing Harm) cited for HAZARD: POTENTIAL FOR BLUNT IMPACT INJURIES! I sleep .000598677474% better knowing that my “future” child will be kept safer than I was from dangerous toys.
The documentation of a family by one photo per year.
Do dogs laugh?
Wow I didn’t know knitting was this popular! It is the web stats for this site
Stars Looking Bad in HDTV: Silly Talk or Serious Issue?.
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