ポリコレ

Japanese

Etymology

Clipping of ポリティカル・コレクトネス (poritikaru korekutonesu), from English political correctness.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ポリコレ [pòríkóré] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [po̞ɾʲiko̞ɾe̞]

Noun

ポリコレ • (porikore) 

1. political correctness, PC, something politically correct

   ポリコレのせいで新(しん)作(さく)ゲームが台(だい)無(な)しになった。

   Porikore no sei de shinsaku gēmu ga dainashi ni natta.

   The new video game was ruined by political correctness.

   • 2016 November 14, Shinobu Ikeda, “Porikore tte nani? [What is PC?]”, in Agora‎^[1]:

     ヒラリー・クリントンさんに代(だい)表(ひょう)されるポリコレにいやけがさした人(ひと)が投(とう)票(ひょう)したためといわれてますが、ポリコレって何(なに)でしょうか？

     Hirarī Kurinton-san ni daihyō sareru porikore ni iyakegasashita hito ga tōhyō shita tame to iwaretemasu ga, porikore tte nani deshō ka?

     It is said that people voted against Hillary Clinton because they were sick of the political correctness that she represented, but what is political correctness?

   • 2017, Yō Adachi, Buraku Tantei 3: Sontaku Shitai no [Black Detective 3: I Want to Surmise]‎^[2]:

     そいうのはゲイビデオとかの、フィクションのお話(はな)しよ、これでも人(じん)権(けん)とかポリコレには気(き)を遣(つか)ってるのよねあたしたち、などと言(い)いながら、慎(しん)之(の)助(すけ)はポスターを貼(は)り終(お)えると上(じょう)機(き)嫌(げん)で店(みせ)を出(で)て行(い)った。

     So iu no wa gei bideo toka no, fikushon no ohanashi yo, kore de mo jinken toka porikore ni wa ki o tsukatteru no yo ne atashi-tachi, nado to īnagara, Shinnosuke wa posutā o hari oeru to jōkigen de mise o deteitta.

     That stuff about gay videos, fictional stories, even when we consider human rights and PC you know, after Shinnosuke hung up the poster he left the store in good spirits.

Derived terms

• ポリコレヤクザ (porikore yakuza)