Political correctness- or PC for short - is the latest trend in United States in linguistic etiquette. There are a lot of inoffensive terms in THE OFFICIAL POLITICALLY CORRECT DICTIONARY AND HANDBOOK.
Here you have some examples:
Politically correct = "culturally sensitive" or "appropriately inclusive"
Artificial/synthetic = "man-made"
Artificial/synthetic = "man-made"
Himself/herself = "coself'' - gender-neutral substitute
AIDS victim = "person living with AIDS" or "PLA/PLWA" in short
AIDS victim = "person living with AIDS" or "PLA/PLWA" in short
Prostitutes = "sex workers"
Wives = "domestic incarceration survivors"
Fat people = "horizontally challenged"
Bald men = "hair disadvantaged"
Wives = "domestic incarceration survivors"
Fat people = "horizontally challenged"
Bald men = "hair disadvantaged"
Bespectacled = "optically challenged"
Man and woman = "melanin impoverished human animals"
Blacks = African-Americans or Caribbean-Americans
Man and woman = "melanin impoverished human animals"
Blacks = African-Americans or Caribbean-Americans
Pregnant woman = "parasitically oppressed"
Dead = "living impaired"
Homeless = "residentially flexible"
Dead = "living impaired"
Homeless = "residentially flexible"
Poor = "financially inept"