Mmmmph! HMMM!! MMMMMPPPHH!!!

The UK covered their well-polished Orwellian ban stick in a thick coat of stupid sauce and proceeded to beat themselves sillier:

Dozens of...taxpayer-funded organisations have ordered a purge of common words and phrases so as not to cause offence.

Among the everyday sayings that have been quietly dropped in a bid to stamp out racism and sexism are “whiter than white”, “gentleman’s agreement”, “black mark” and “right-hand man”.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has advised staff to replace the phrase "black day” with “miserable day”, according to documents released under freedom of information rules.

It points out that certain words carry with them a “hierarchical valuation of skin colour”. The commission even urges employees to be mindful of the term “ethnic minority” because it can imply “something smaller and less important”.

I think my head just exploded. Good god, look at the mess...