In the wake of the recent national tragedy, it is no longer acceptable to use violent or aggressive speech, for that would be insensitive to victims of the attack. Radio stations have made anti-playlists of offensive songs, such as "Peace Train" and "99 Luft Balloons." This is to save our nation's psyche from thinking too much about bad stuff. Offensive words should never be mentioned, unless of course one is talking about what we will do to the enemy.
While it's easy to write down a list of words to eliminate from literature and music and television and movies, it isn't easy to remove common expressions from one's natural vocabulary. Some terms have become so ingrained in our speech that it is no trivial matter to eradicate, er.... displace them.
I figured that at the very least I can do my part to provide alternatives for common, now offensive phrases.
Post-Terrorsim Clubbing Vocabulary
| OLD (offensive words in bold) | NEW |
| The DJ just slaughtered that mix. Did you hear that train wreck? | I felt that there was a real lack of unity between the two records the DJ was mixing. Did you notice the disharmony? |
| The track was the bomb! | I enjoyed that track immensely! |
| Greg assassinated the competition with that freestyle rhyme! | Greg's freestyle rhyme was better than that of his competitor! |
| DJ SupaFreak exploded onto the scene in 1998 with his remix of the Madonna track. | DJ SupaFreak came into the public awareness in 1998 with his remix of the Madonna track. |
| I hit on this chick but she shot me down. | I hit on this chick but she did not appear interested. |
| Last night a DJ saved my life! | Last night I felt revitalized by a DJ's set. |
| I was so loaded last night that I totally blew chunks. | I was quite intoxicated last night and I vomited profusely. |
| He's dangerous on the dancefloor! | He's a really swell dancer! |
| Scared of you, girl! | How odd of you to say! |
| Then DJ SupaDupa took over the decks. | Then it was DJ SupaDupa's turn to spin. |
| We went to the club but it was dead so we blew out of there. | We went to the club but it was sparsely populated so we left. |
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