vitally challenged

noun

The dead; those who have died

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Meanings

nounvitally challenged pl (plural only)
  1. euphemistichumorouspluralplural onlyThe dead; those who have died

    This is the party of "vote early, vote often," where even the "vitally challenged" (the PC term for "dead people") still have the right to vote […]

    2006 November 26, wayne, “10 liberal lies #7”, in alt.x.y (Usenet), message-ID <13343-4569CC79-1997@storefull-3358.bay.webtv.net>
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    imagine... 85 years old Cohen the Barbarian and his "gray horde"... death as DEATH, an antropomorphic^([sic]) personification, that is... meetings of the "vitally challenged (= the undead)"...

    1997 June 12, Sascha LC Erni, “Tips-of-the-hat (was: Mythos - A shared world?)”, in alt.horror.cthulhu (Usenet), message-ID <Pine.LNX.3.95.970612144354.13110E-100000@goblin.studi.unizh.ch>

    I blame the new hard line on welfare for driving driving^([sic]) the vitally challenged onto the streets instead of leaving them in State run graveyards

    1998 May 8, Dabe the Hobbit, “Re: somebody please take this necronomicon away”, in alt.necronomicon (Usenet), message-ID <3552F6A5.9A96933B@pls.bris.ac.uk>
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