Horizontally challenged意思是甚麼？

早前聽到某電台主持人提及“Horizontally challenged”這個詞，初時看字面估計不到是甚麼意思，原來這是在美國政治正確的說法，意思其實等於「肥」。例如“I'm sick of being horizontally challenged, it's time to get a gym membership around here!”是說我很討厭自己太肥呀，是時候去做gym啦！

既然有“Horizontally challenged”，哪有沒有“Vertically challenged”呢，八八封封的心態下上網找找，果然真是有的！原來“Vertically challenged”等於矮小，甚至有侏儒的意思。

以Challenged做字尾的Political correctness用詞，原來還有以下幾個：

Visually challenged = blind 盲

Socially challenged = Thug / Mean Person 惡

Mentally challenged = Retard 弱智

Academically challenged = Stupid 蠢

有趣吧！下次被人說自己 Horizontally challenged，我懂得回敬了，嘻嘻！

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