un-pc
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "As an old time cowboy from the Madeline Plains, I am exempt from being politically correct. I have an official permit to be un-pc, and make no apologies for not using "he or she" all the time."
- ""I don't mean to be un-p.c.," Tiny says... "But I liked Little Black Sambo... It's a cute story underneath." / "You were undisturbed by the eyeholes cut out of the pillow you lay your little head on." / "They were different times, J.""
- "Thanks to its brilliant ad-libs and totally un-PC treatment of African Americans, religious people and the mentally handicapped, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is actually acceptable to quote in hipster circles."
- "Yale psychologist Irving Janis showed that just about every group develops an agreed-upon view of things–a consensus reality, the "PC" or politically correct view. Any evidence on the contrary is automatically rejected without consideration, often ridiculed, and may lead to ostracism of the person presenting the un-PC data."
Etymology
From un- + PC.
Inflected Forms
more un-PC (comparative)
most un-PC (superlative)
un-p.c. (alternative)