''The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook'' is a book written by
Henry Beard and
Christopher Cerf. It was published in 1992 by
Villard Books in New York, by
Grafton in London, and, by
Random House of Canada Limited
Random House of Canada was the Canadian distributor for Random House, Inc. from 1944 until 2013. On July 1, 2013, it amalgamated with Penguin Canada to become Penguin Random House Canada.
Company history
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in Toronto. An updated edition was published in 1994.
It was a
bestseller
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that was called "tongue in cheek", "outrageously funny", "hilariously rewarding for people who have not read any non-humorous works on its subject and who enjoy satire", and has been called "thoroughly sourced".
[Geoffrey Hughes. ''Political Correctness: A History of Semantics and Culture''. Wiley. 2011. Page]
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See also
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Campaign Against Political Correctness
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Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
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Politically Incorrect
"Political correctness" (adjectivally "politically correct"; commonly abbreviated to P.C.) is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. ...
References
Further reading
*''The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook''. Villard Books. 1992. .
*"peak guide" The New Review of the Low Pay Unit, Issues 1-20, p 1
*Peter Newmark. "PC" (November 1993) reprinted in ''More Paragraphs on Translation''. Topics in Translation Series. Multilingual Matters. 1998.
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*Tom Aitken
"Past a Joke" The Tablet. 27 March 1993. p 18.
"Look it up in your tree carcass" ''Baltimore Sun''. 9 November 1993.
*Lauren Lipton
''LA Times''. 8 May 1992.
1992 non-fiction books
English dictionaries
Books by Henry Beard
Collaborative non-fiction books
Criticism of political correctness
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