To be politically correct, don't call someone short, say he's vertically this
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Teacher Talk  Is Being Politically Correct Correct?  Sep 26, 2008 ... So it is at times with what people refer to as political correctness. ... give out a big sigh and proceed to explain why we call ourselves Americans in the US. ... They don't seem to have a problem with that term. ... Is there anything pejorative in saying He's autistic? ... He's not short, he's vertically challenged.
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Urban Dictionary: political correctness  PC person: You should use political correctness and say he's vertically challgend. ... took it - cf. a person being 'vertically challenged' rather than short. ... are blacks calling themselves niggas (which has been going on for years), gays calling ... Remember, the next time someone says they don't like Harry Potter because...
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Urban Dictionary: Vertically Challenged  what most midgets or short people are. ... people are. I am vertically challenged. .... woman: lets be PC (politically correct) here, its a vertically challenged person.
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Political correctness - RationalWiki  The clich term political correctness or "PC" is a snarl word usually referring to ... views and but don't want to be labeled that way attack dissenters as "politically correct. ... "Little Person" instead of "midget" or "vertically challenged" rather than "short-arse. ... People think the goats will get offended if you call them these things.
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Is your English Politically Correct?  Global  EF English Live Blog  Sep 15, 2015 ... Someone short has become vertically challenged. ... Additionally, visually impaired is now the most respected term for saying someone is blind. Just remember that name-calling, in whatever form, is always insensitive ... These days, however, there are more politically correct ways to refer to a ... Don't worry!
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Du and Sie | The German Way & More  For family and relatives, close friends, young children, pets, and God, the familiar ... outside the culture are wise not to adopt this informal approach too quickly. ... Think of Sie as the proper form to use when you might address someone as Mr. ... that because a German-speaker is being friendly and congenial, it is all right to...
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jeopardy/161_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  IT'S A JOB | Dark forearms from wearing a T-shirt are often called this rural occupation's "tan" | farmer ... EASY FOR YOU TO SAY | Czestochowa is found in the southern part of this .... THIS OLD HOUSE | Unless you're an NBA player, 8 inches is the comfortable maximum for this vertical part of a step | the rise (or the riser).
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Common Errors in English Usage by Paul Brians - Washington State ...  You will find certain words or phrases criticized here listed in dictionaries. ...... AN/AND It's easy to type "and" when you mean "an. .... S depends on whether the word is a plural form ending in S. You hold someone at the length of your ...... CHOCK IT UP/CHALK IT UP "Chalk it up" is a very old expression that goes back to the...
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Jeopary Questions page 1923 - WORDS IN (THE) DICTIONARY ...  ROUGH ALTERNATE LITERARY ENDINGS: Enraged, Lemuel tore the ropes from his body. His captors were "not six inches high"! His boot rose ominously.
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Resolutions for Word Nerds - Grammar & Punctuation | The Blue ...  Jan 6, 2015 ... 1) No using big words to intimidate. ... If a person you care about says irregardless, it can be a thoughtful gesture to gently advise that there is no such wordbut don't do ... Before you correct someone, how do you know you're right? ... aside, I have a grammar question to pose; perhaps you can help me:.
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WASHINGTON TALK - CONGRESS - A Matter of Measurement ...  Apr 20, 1987 ... LEAD: This will not begin with the phrase ''the long and short of it. ... surpass the ''Little Giant'' - the nickname earned by Stephen A. Douglas for his stature (5 feet 4 inches) and the oratorical skills that helped him ... (6 feet 4 inches) in their famous debates for the Illinois Senate seat captured by Mr. Douglas.
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height increasing elevator boots | Sheepskins Wholesale  Aug 17, 2016 ... Tallmenshoes.com: Height Increasing Elevator Shoes for Man's tall ... 2 Major name brands height increasing shoes for short man will make you look taller like . ... are sold by the Richlee Shoe Company, in Frederick, Maryland. ... Elevator shoes, or height increasing shoes, can make short men look taller.
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Long and the short of it: How Africans have shrunk | News | Africa ...  Oct 8, 2014 ... Tall men apparently also have higher self-esteem than short men, and .... the Pygmies of Central Africa are genetically shorter than average,...
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jeopardy/1757_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  LETTER MEN | He's the taller of the two gentlemen in the photo seen here | P.T. Barnum .... NAME THE POET | "Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day" | Dylan Thomas ... GRAPES | In an Aesop fable, this animal decides the grapes he can't reach must therefore be sour | a fox.
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tall tales (1/30/2002) - Short Persons Support  Jan 30, 2002 ... With Richlee elevators, according to the pitch, "Men can increase their .... It also may account for the saying: Beware of Greeks wearing lifts.
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J! Archive - Show #3672, aired 2000-07-18  (Alex: Each correct response will not contain five letters; these are clues about letters, .... Politically correct ventriloquists prefer "figure" to this better-known word...
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J! Archive - Show #5308, aired 2007-10-10  Oct 10, 2007 ... Medically speaking, hemo-, hema- & hemato- all mean this ... No wonder it's called a low country, much of it is below sea level ... Some call them nuggets or tenders, but strips of chicken can also have ... CALIFORNIA HERE I COME! ... whose name sounds a bit morbid contains the lowest point in the U.S....
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Pygmy peoples - Wikipedia  A pygmy is a member of an ethnic group whose average height is unusually short; ... The term is most associated with peoples of Central Africa, such as the Aka, Ef and Mbuti. If the term pygmy is defined as a group's men having an average...
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Southern U.S. use of "Miss [FirstName]" -- racial or class ...  As an added data point, my friends with children instruct their ..... Some customers called them Mr./Ms. [lastname], but especially .... So, I think the historical meaning is implicitly demeaning--to refer to adults as equivalent to children. ... A title is usually a sign of formality and respect, while a first name is...
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Are Political Correctness Police Really Outraged, or Are They ...  Apr 30, 2014 ... PC-brigadiers behave exactly like owners of a positional good who panic because wider availability of that good threatens their social status.
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RESPONSE TO HALL  Dec 18, 2015 ... A UTHOR'S NOTE Hall is quite right in saying that my interpretation ... city is natural or that man is by nature a political animal. .... not take the form of the dialogue seriously, that he does not begin where it ... which are first according to nature. .... in the Republic-in a reference which is clearly to Aristophanes-.