PC Language Used to practice Suggested answers Terms considered old-fashioned and/ or not politically correct •
negro/ coloured, half caste, oriental
PC/ Non-PC terms with comments •
chair/ chairperson – chairman – chairman is still common, especially when it’ s a job
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sanitation engineer – bin man – although it may be an official job title, most people think sanitation engineer for bin man is just silly
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native Americans – American Indians/ red Indians– native Americans is more common nowadays, but some native Americans prefer the term Indians!
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mail carrier – postman/ mailman – mail carrier is the official term in the US and slowly becoming more common in normal speech
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mentally challenged/ learning difficulties – mentally disabled – the former is almost always used by officials and has somewhat come into everyday speech
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physically challenged – disabled/ handicapped – the former isn’t common in speech
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visually impaired – blind/ going blind – blind is still common in speech, but officials almost always use visually impaired
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hearing impaired – deaf/ going deaf – the former isn’t as common as visually impaired
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seniors/ pensioners – old people – the PC terms are common but no one seems to find old people all that non-PC in normal life
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follically challenged/ comb free – bald/ balding – the former are made up joke PC terms so everyone still says the latter
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fire fighter – fireman – fire fighter is always used by officials and has somewhat come into everyday speech, especially in the US
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visually challenged – ugly – this is a joke made up to mock PC language
banned – blacklisted – there was a movement to stop using expressions where black has a negative meaning just in case that reinforced racism but that trend, along with the reaction against it, seems to have died down. Both are generally okay.
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innocent lie – white lie – the movement to stop using white to mean good had even less support than the one about blackness, so innocent lie is very rare
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vertically challenged – short – this is a joke
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book challenged – uneducated – this is also supposed to be funny
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police officer – policeman – policeman is still quite common in normal speech, especially in the UK where WPC is still a common term
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humankind – mankind – mankind is still more common, although you might have to be careful in academic circles
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actor – actress – it is now very common to refer to female actors in the media, but actress is probably still more common in normal speech
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cabin crew/ flight attendant – air stewardess – air stewardess is a bit old fashioned
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homemaker – housewife – housewife is still more common in normal conversation
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Caucasian – white – Caucasian is only used to sound more official or technical
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festive season – Christmas – it is now quite standard in America to use phrases that are not specific to one religion when talking about the winter holiday
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happy holidays – Merry Xmas - ditto
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camera operator – cameraman – the former is very rare in normal speech
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LGBT – gay – LGBT (or GLBT) hasn’t really made it into the everyday conversation of people who aren’t involved in such issues in the way that gay has
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