refugee, IDP, evacuee

[Laurence Horn]

>Fox News now seems to have tacitly dropped "refugee."  Many
>references to "evacuees" on tonight's _Fox Report_, none I think to
>the other.
>
>"Evacuee" is a highly offensive term because it makes me (i.e., you)
>think of loose stools.  It originated as the acronym of "Elimination
>Via Anal Channel Until Enteritis Eases."
>
>Our media would be well advised to keep to the correct term, which
>is "persons."
>
I find that offensive, since it's obviously a blatant euphemism for
"displaced persons", which is even more outrageous.  We're not
talking about *persons* here, but *Americans*.

L