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BOOK REVIEW: Political correctness defined with new book

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From: University Wire
Date: 20041014
Author:William Haas

William Haas
University Wire
10-14-2004
(The Daily Athenaeum) (U-WIRE) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Ever since Ambrose Bierce began publishing the wickedly funny Devil's Dictionary in 1881, humorous dictionaries have become an American cottage industry.

From the stern Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook to McSweeney's recent Future Dictionary of America, entrepreneurial lexicographers have satiated the public's hunger for amusing definitions. Regrettably, Andrew Witham and Brian Snyder have cashed in on the trend with their cheeky "Dictionary of Uncomfortable Words: What to Avoid ...

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