un-PC

English

Alternative forms

• un-pc, un-p.c.

Etymology

From un- +‎ PC.

Adjective

un-PC (comparative more un-PC, superlative most un-PC)

1. Politically incorrect.
   • 2007, Jon Garate, Stories from the Living Room: A Golden Heritage from the Old West‎^[1], page ii:

     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.

   • 2009, Colson Whitehead, John Henry Days‎^[2], page 49:

     "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."

   • 2010, Brenna Ehrlich, Andrea Bartz, Stuff Hipsters Hate: A Field Guide to the Passionate Opinions of the Indifferent‎^[3], page 220:

     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.

   • 2012, Beverly A. Potter, Mark James Estren, Question Authority; Think for Yourself‎^[4], page 157:

     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.