# Political Correctness Question **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697 "2014-02-19T08:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/1 "2014-02-19T08:53:36Z")
Can we refer to vampires and zombies “Undead” or do we have to use “Alternatively Animated” or “Vitality Challenged” now? > [@](#): > > Undead, yes! Unperson, no! ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/2 "2014-02-19T11:03:34Z")
lol… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/3 "2014-02-19T18:42:38Z")
From the TV movie [Blood Ties](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101477/): “Vampire is such an ugly word! Don’t let me hear you say that again. We’re Carpathian-Americans!” ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/4 "2014-02-19T18:46:10Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Can we refer to vampires and zombies “Undead” or do we have to use “Alternatively Animated” or “Vitality Challenged” now? Depends on the ethnic origin of the vampire. I have no idea about zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/5 "2014-02-19T20:02:18Z")
I guess “Soulless Scum from the pits of Hell” is right out? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/6 "2014-02-19T21:08:04Z")
Zombies are not undead. They are very much dead and continue to rot. Perhaps ‘life challenged?’ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/7 "2014-02-19T21:11:02Z")
People of pallor? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/8 "2014-02-20T03:02:15Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Zombies are not undead. They are very much dead and continue to rot. Are you confusing zombies and ghouls? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/9 "2014-02-20T03:04:59Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I guess “Soulless Scum from the pits of Hell” is right out? Consider the picket line in front of your home and where you work if you start using language like that. And of course, they’ll probably have an Al Sharpton sort leading the protests. ---
**Author:** ![iMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@iMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iMouse)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/10 "2014-02-20T03:15:30Z")
“WTF is this shit???” _- Jean-Luc Picard_ :smack: ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/11 "2014-02-20T04:27:52Z")
They should properly be referred to as “the differently extant” but I still call them “the quick _and_ the dead.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-correctness-question/681697/12 "2014-02-20T05:51:28Z")
Do zombies much care what we call them? Isn’t the classic zombie rather incapable of saying anything other than “BRAAAAAAAINS”?