by buckykatt31 January 10, 2007
The term has also been applied by those describing what they see as a political gender ambiguity. ... A Political Agender person ('a−' meaning "without"), also called Political genderless, Political genderfree, Political non-gendered, or ungendered, is someone who identifies as having no Political gender or being without a Political gender identity.
by Jeff C. January 04, 2018
Mealy-mouthed attempt at getting people to avoid superficial expressions of bigotry, which ends up debasing the language without dealing with the stupidity underlying most hates and fears. Merely ends up giving the bigots one more thing to snarl at and, yes, it really can impose a tyranny of its own. Many examples of allegedly common politically correct speech are urban myths ... which we could still have done without.
Some (real and imaginary) examples of political correctness:
You're not black (in the USA), you're African-American.
(As Whoopi Goldberg once commented, and I may be paraphrasing, "My ancestors didn't come through generations of the slave trade and the Civil Rights movement to end up hyphenated.")
You're not crippled, you're differently abled.
You're not a member of the Undead, you are biometrically challenged.
You're not an android, you are an artificial person.
You're not black (in the USA), you're African-American.
(As Whoopi Goldberg once commented, and I may be paraphrasing, "My ancestors didn't come through generations of the slave trade and the Civil Rights movement to end up hyphenated.")
You're not crippled, you're differently abled.
You're not a member of the Undead, you are biometrically challenged.
You're not an android, you are an artificial person.
by Fearman August 16, 2007
Thanks to Political Correctness it's now 'wrong' for me to think certain thoughts, and that isn't right.
by Yurp Dihiggon July 22, 2014
An American style of shallow political thought, defense, or debate that is based on the use of vague understandings of historical events, actions taken by branches of government, or other sources of quasi-valid information, of which are often used in combination with logical fallacies in a disingenuous or desperate manner to try to undermine the thought, defense, or debate strategy of a perceived political opponent in the hope that that opponent will not know the veracity of the information or claim provided, and that the logical fallacy used will distract them from the quality of the information or claim.
She became thoroughly disgusted with the obtuseness of the man's character as she listened to him argue his meme politics to another man in the deli.
by dapperfellow January 31, 2017
When you bump into a friend of a friend, or an ex, or your mates girlfriend your not that keen on and you have to say hello and pretend to have a brief conversation with them otherwise you look bad.
Bob: I bumped into Lucy the other day, she's so annoying but she's going out with my house mate at the moment so I just gave her the old political greeting and moved on.
by dotdotthedots July 16, 2010
A boss who gives you promises about benefits, good pay, etc but once you're already under him / her, all these promises instantly turns into myth.
A boss who can evaluate you and the results are always negative.
A boss who talks more about "self-glorification" and always has the greatest story among his / her subordinates.
A great false hope provider.
A pathological liar.
A boss who can evaluate you and the results are always negative.
A boss who talks more about "self-glorification" and always has the greatest story among his / her subordinates.
A great false hope provider.
A pathological liar.
Peter: My political boss gave me another 10,000 promises...
Mark: Lol! One of those is the "team leader" position right? That was centuries ago!
Luke: Hey John, Pat told me he'll give me a lot of projects this month!
John: Pat? Stop dreaming Luke. He's a political boss.
Mark: Lol! One of those is the "team leader" position right? That was centuries ago!
Luke: Hey John, Pat told me he'll give me a lot of projects this month!
John: Pat? Stop dreaming Luke. He's a political boss.
by Spectre from above April 20, 2010