Political correctness is spreading like a virus through the English language, turning every personal trait into an agenda. Recently spotted: Women of Size and Fruitarian (one who refuses to eat anything that requires the killing of plants or animals).
A few suggested terms for the compleat political correctoid:
MORALLY CHALLENGED: Mike Milken, John Gotti, Manuel Noriega, Leona Helmsley and every other soul who finds thievery and deceit irresistible
WOMEN (OR MEN) OF SOLITUDE: people of size on Saturday nights
VERTICALLY GIFTED: Michael Jordan (the opposite of “vertically challenged,” a term for short people)
BEHAVIORALLY IMPAIRED: Archie Bunker
HUMANTARIAN (not to be confused with Humanitarian): Jeffrey Dahmer
MOTIVATIONALLY DISPOSSESSED: plumb lazy
MSTERLY: a feminine term for a manifestation of superior skill
INTUITIVELY DEPRIVED: thick
DIFFERENTLY EVOLVED: pets have feelings too
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