politically incorrect

adjective

: not avoiding language or behavior that could offend a particular group of people

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Unlike Muscle Man, Mixtape reads like a politically incorrect CW pilot — Kids by way of Perks of Being a Wallflower. Robert Rubsam, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025 Entertainment business and political observers, however, say the fight may be breathing new life into the politically incorrect satire program and providing the comedians behind it with more fodder for their weekly shows than ever. Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 16 Aug. 2025 Years later, Tropic Thunder maintains its reputation as a fearlessly politically incorrect comedy and eviscerating send-up of Hollywood. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025 Will anyone in Waterbury be politically incorrect enough to wonder aloud whether the girl might still be alive if Connecticut had more involuntary commitments? Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025 To the filmmakers’ credit, that includes the kind of retrograde, politically incorrect humor — the cops’ anatomical appreciations of Beth are a hoot — that makes the movie feel almost like the old Naked Gun. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025 Humans — like Musk himself — often have trouble walking the tight rope between being politically incorrect and offensive. Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 11 July 2025 Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders played the two leads, respectively, breaking ground as female characters leading a show with outrageous, politically incorrect humor. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 10 July 2025 Additionally, Grok 4 reflects Musk's anti-censorship stance, with features designed to question media bias and resist filtering of politically incorrect content. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025

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“Politically incorrect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politically%20incorrect. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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