POLITICALLY CORRECT WORDS AS A DEVICE OF EXPRESSING IRONY

Abstract

This article proposes to examine politically correct words and their use in James Finn Garner's Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times, where the author offers a satirical look at political correctness using classic children's tales. The collection of satirical tales shows the excessive political correctness and culture of offensiveness in today's society.

Keywords

Euphemisms, political correctness, lexicology, neutralization, irony, satire.