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«دهكده زبان» - Politically Correct English
آنچه بهتر است از زبان انگلیسی بدانید
 

Nowadays people are very sensitive not to offend woman, poor people, the old and various minority groups. A word or expression that is used instead of another one to avoid being offensive to these people is called, ironically, "Politically Correct".

Look at the expressions below to know some of these:

unemployed >> non wage-earner

poor >> financially underprivileged

drug addict >> substance abuser

fireman >> firefighter

foreign tourist >> overseas visitor

short (person) >> vertically disadvantaged

mankind >> personkind

prison convict >> guest of the correctional system

hero >> she-ro

 




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