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- GRAPEVINE, Page 21WORD WATCH
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- By JANICE CASTRO
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- 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).
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- A few suggested terms for the compleat political
- correctoid:
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- MORALLY CHALLENGED: Mike Milken, John Gotti, Manuel
- Noriega, Leona Helmsley and every other soul who finds thievery
- and deceit irresistible
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- WOMEN (OR MEN) OF SOLITUDE: people of size on Saturday
- nights
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- VERTICALLY GIFTED: Michael Jordan (the opposite of
- "vertically challenged," a term for short people)
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- BEHAVIORALLY IMPAIRED: Archie Bunker
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- HUMANTARIAN (not to be confused with Humanitarian):
- Jeffrey Dahmer
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- MOTIVATIONALLY DISPOSSESSED: plumb lazy
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- MSTERLY: a feminine term for a manifestation of superior
- skill
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- INTUITIVELY DEPRIVED: thick
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- DIFFERENTLY EVOLVED: pets have feelings too
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