Dear Peter,

Your word for 31st January 2012 is

       * * *  vertically challenged (person)  * * *

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   a) very tall
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   b) very small
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   c) afraid of heights
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Happy guessing!

Paul Smith

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* * *  vertically challenged (person)  * * *

b) very small


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PRONUNCIATION :


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GERMAN TRANSLATION :


vertically challenged = kurz geraten, von geringer Körpergröße

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GOOGLE INDEX
vertically challenged: approximately 800,000 Google hits


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EXAMPLE SENTENCE :


Being one of the VERTICALLY CHALLENGED has been a pretty tall order for
most of my life, but as I get older the challenge seems to be getting
bigger.

(The Sun Journal, Maine USA)

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The staff at the hotel was helpful and polite, except the VERTICALLY
CHALLENGED barman, who couldn't wait to go home from the moment he
arrived.

(holidaywatchdog.com)


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DID YOU KNOW ?


vertically challenged
adjective, slang (humorous)

- not tall in height; short

(Oxford English Dictionary)

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Singer-songwriter Randy Newman wrote a satirical song in 1977 about
short people in which he sings:

Short people got no reason to live
They got little hands
Little eyes
They walk around
Telling great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet

The song was controversial back then because many people interpreted it
as discriminatory. Newman was actually using satire to attack
discrimination, be it due to race, colour, nationality or physical
features. He just happened to pick height as an example.

On the one hand, discrimination should not be taken lightly, as history
has shown how horrible the consequences can be. On the other hand, it
can result in over-exaggerated reactions, changing a language by filling
it with politically-correct expressions. Vertically challenged is a
perfect example. Imagine for a moment if the story of Snow White were
first published today under the title "Caucasian Woman and the Seven
Vertically-Challenged People."

All of us know someone who is "challenged" in some fashion. If a
situation calls for a more diplomatic approach when dealing with such
people, there is no need to offend them. Simply use the following terms:

overweight = gravitationally challenged

stupid = intellectually challenged

ugly = aesthetically challenged

smelly = odorously challenged

hard of hearing = auditorily challenged

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SYNONYMS

diminutive, petite, pint-sized, puny, short, small, teeny

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