In 2005, some people wanted the word "brainstorming(1)" replaced by "thought shower" so as not to offend people with brain disorders, and they also wanted "deferred(2) success" to replace "failure" so as not to embarrass those who don't succeed.

Both phrases appear on a tongue-in-cheek(3) list released on Thursday of the year's most politically correct words and phrases issued by Global Language Monitor, a nonprofit group that monitors language use.

The phrase that topped this year's list was "misguided criminals," one of several terms the British Broadcasting Corporation used so as not to use the word "terrorist" in describing those who carried out train and bus bombings in London that killed 52 people in July, according to Paul JJ Payack, the head of Global Language Monitor.

He added, "The BBC attempts to strip away(4) all emotion by using what it considers 'neutral'(5) descriptions when describing those who carried out the bombings in the London Tubes."

Second on the list was "Intrinsic(6) Aptitude(7)," a phrase used by Harvard University President Lawrence Summers to explain why women might be underrepresented(8) in engineering and science.

"Thought shower" was third and a French word for riff-raff(9) or scum(10), "la racaille," was fourth thanks to being used by French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy to describe rioters of Muslim and North African descent in suburbs outside of Paris.

"Out of the mainstream," which Payack said was used to describe the ideology of any political opponent, was fifth and in sixth place was "deferred success" the euphemism(11) for "fail" that Britain's Professional Association of Teachers considered using to bolster(12) students' "self-esteem."

Seventh on the list was "womyn(13)" for women in order to distance the word from men and eighth was using C.E. (Common Era) for A.D (Latin for "Year of Our Lord") so as to be more neutral in dates.

Ninth on the top 10 list was words and phrases that either de-Christianize the Christian holidays or neuter their genders. For example "God Rest Ye Merry Persons" replaces "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Seasons Greetings" replaces "Merry Christmas."

In 10th place was a move aimed at the heart of Australian culture when security staff were banned from using the word "mate" to address members of parliament. The MPs rebelled and said not being called "mate" was unpatriotic.

2005年，人们希望用“想法狂潮”取代“大脑风暴”，避免冒犯头脑混乱的病人，用“大器晚成”取代“失败”，以免使那些还没有成功的人感到尴尬。

全球语言监测机构周四公布了一项非正式的年度最佳政治用语表，这两个词都囊括在其中。全球语言监测机构为非营利性的语言监测组织。

全球语言监测机构主席保罗·佩亚克说，用语表中的第一个词是“误入歧途的罪犯”。英国广播公司用它来形容7月份在伦敦实施地铁和汽车爆炸的人，而没有使用“恐怖分子”一词。共有52人死于那次恐怖爆炸。

他说：“英国广播公司试图用不带任何感情色彩的‘中性’词来形容实施伦敦地铁爆炸案的人。”

词汇表的第二个词是“天生的才能”。哈佛大学校长劳伦斯·萨莫斯用它来解释为什么女人在工程学和科学领域中不如男人。

“想法狂潮”是第三个词，第四个是“渣滓”，用于形容下等人或是卑贱的人，法国内政部长尼古拉斯∙萨科齐曾用它来形容穆斯林暴徒和巴黎外郊的北非后裔。

佩亚克说用于形容政治对手的“非主流”位居第五。名列第六的就是取代“失败”的“大器晚成”，用于保护学生的“自尊心”。

第七个单词是“womyn（女性的复数形式）”，以免其中含有“men（男人）”
。第八个是“C.E.（Common Era 共同时代）”， 用来取代A.D（拉丁文："Year of Our Lord" 上主之年），这样在纪年上更为中性。

前十名的第九位的词和短语不是淡化基督节日的文化就是使性别中性化。例如“上帝保佑好心的人”将代替“上帝保佑好心的绅士们”；“节日问安”将代替“圣诞快乐”。

第十名是有关澳大利亚文化中心的词。澳大利亚的安全人员被禁止用“同伴”来称呼议员。议员们抗议说不被称为“同伴”是不爱国的表现。