"Things are becoming more and more 'gentle' or PC." But in all seriousness, of

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Jul 23, 2014
9:42:11am

byutx

all the panty-bunch worthy things there are out there, I'd put the use of passive voice way down on the list.

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English terminology becoming more and more "gentle" or PC, "I lost my house"

byu1

7/23/14 8:59am

I was unaware the phrase "I lost my job" came about in the last few years

NanoFab Coug

7/23/14 9:00am

Also, I think 'lost my job' is more common because most 'firings' are from

chago04

7/23/14 9:02am

isn't that "Laid off"???

byu1

7/23/14 9:02am

Also known as 'I lost my job'

chago04

7/23/14 9:04am

Typical PC idiot.

Shimmy

7/23/14 9:42am

Ever since I switched to mac, my PC skills just aren't what they used to be.

chago04

7/23/14 9:43am

RE: English terminology becoming more and more "gentle" or PC, "I lost my house"

maxpowers

7/23/14 9:00am

"I lost our cat"

boogers

7/23/14 9:06am

"Interesting points" (not really interesting at all or even accurate)

The Dude Abides

7/23/14 9:11am

"When I served in the office" (AP or a car elder making people think he was AP)

WDaddy

7/23/14 9:12am

If people are AP they say AP. The default "office elder" is not AP.

QuinneyCoug

7/23/14 9:24am

No, some AP's humble brag by saying "served in the office" to elicit the

boogers

7/23/14 9:28am

The mission secretary or financial secretary should be able to say "office"

QuinneyCoug

7/23/14 9:30am

Yeah, that's just not the case. Lots of occasions where the AP says,

WDaddy

7/23/14 10:53am

Yep, euphemisms are totally a new thing.

russkiejedi

7/23/14 9:31am

Richard Sherman is a "thug."

2RUEBLUE

7/23/14 9:34am

I need a bowel movement (take a dump).

IDAHO 4 Y

7/23/14 9:35am

She's very sweet spirited.

2RUEBLUE

7/23/14 9:37am

How is transgender more gentile than transsexual?

Shimmy

7/23/14 9:41am

they are two different things.

molodyets

7/23/14 9:50am

then what is transvestite?

byu1

7/23/14 9:53am

cross-dresser

molodyets

7/23/14 9:54am

"Things are becoming more and more 'gentle' or PC." But in all seriousness, of

byutx

7/23/14 9:42am

actually because of the bad econonmy is pretty accurate in some buisness's

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