Antedating of "Political Incorrectness"

[Fred Shapiro]

political incorrectness (OED 1985)

1981 _Off Our Backs_ 31 Dec. [article beginning on page 27] (ProQuest)
One publication frustrated from the many letters complaining about the
political errors of the writers had a wild fantasy one night. They would
pick subscribers at random and write them long abusive letters about the
subscriber's political incorrectness.

Fred Shapiro


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