The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook: Updated! New Entries! - Softcover

Henry Beard; Christopher Cerf

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679749446 ISBN 13: 9780679749448

Publisher: Villard, 1993

Synopsis

Newly expanded and up-to-the-minute, a bestselling guide to survival in multicultural America in the sensitive 1990s. Includes even more real and satirical definitions to help keep thought cops away. Illustrated throughout.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Beard and Cerf ( The Book of Sequels , LJ 11/15/90) present this outrageously funny lexicon in which they define and prescribe politically correct terms and phrases destined to severely euphemize common usage for generations to come. It includes a politically incorrect-correct usage handbook, as well as a section devoted to "other suspect words, concepts and heroes." It will be especially handy for politicians and business executives. It's simply indispensable if you hear a neighbor talk about her new "botanical companion" (plant) after you've only just discovered her "significant other" (a.k.a. "partner") is really her husband, a "follicularly challenged" (bald) "person of stupor" (wino) with "alternative dentation" (false teeth). While not expected to replace Strunk and White, this is a droll reminder of what's happening to contemporary English usage. We're sounding more like the Coneheads every day. Highly recommended.
- Joe Accardi, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Villard
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0679749446
• ISBN 13: 9780679749448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194