I-word

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The 'I-word' comes out of the closet 2006

His choices so far have been to not mention the I-word, look the other way, withdraw our troops, and play golf.

Does Obama Care About Protecting America? « Tai-Chi Policy 2010

A campaign run by the always-chingón Applied Research Center publishers of the even-more-chingón magazine, Colorlines is seeking that everyone stop using the term "illegal" outright, or at the least resort to using the awkward I-word stand-in.

Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: "Illegals" and The "N-Word" Gustavo Arellano 2011

The I-word, according to the campaign, "creates an environment of hate by exploiting racial fear and economic anxiety, creating an easy scapegoat for complex issues, and OK-ing violence against those labeled with the word."

The Media Consortium: Weekly Diaspora: Schools a Minefield for Undocumented Students After DREAM defeat The Media Consortium 2010

I should have realized it was futile to use the I-word among non-Austrians.

Politics vs. Economics, II, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The I-word is particularly pernicious when applied to undocumented children, whose constitutionally protected right to a public education seems ever in question.

The Media Consortium: Weekly Diaspora: Schools a Minefield for Undocumented Students After DREAM defeat The Media Consortium 2010

Besides, you forgot the most important abbreviated euphemism right now: the I-word, for "illegal" when referring to undocumented people.

Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: "Illegals" and The "N-Word" Gustavo Arellano 2011

I should have realized it was futile to use the I-word among non-Austrians.

Politics vs. Economics, II, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

To a physicist we have the "I" word, the I-word is impossible.

Deepak Chopra: Michio Kaku Interview By Deepak Chopra 2010

Add to this the fact that across most of the Middle East the real one and parts of Central Asia, the Jewish state is a country That-Must-Not-Be-Named, and that the very mention of the I-word is bound to rile someone.

Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010