Thought Showers, Deferred Success, and Misguided Criminals

Global Language Monitor has released its list of the "The Top Politically inCorrect Words for 2005." The list provides examples of efforts to change language so that it is less offensive.

Some of the winners:

• Thought Showers instead of Brainstorm (Intended to reduce possible offense to indivduals "with brain disorders such as epilepsy.)
• Deferred Success instead of fail (Intended to increase self-esteem among students who might be discouraged by failure.)
• Misguided Criminals instead of Terrorist (Intended--by the BBC--to strip emotion from language in news reporting.)

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