A | is an Activist itching to fight |
B | is a Beast with its animal rights |
C | was a Cripple (now differently abled) |
D | is a Drunk who is "liquor-enabled" |
E | is an Ecologist who saves spotted owls |
F | was a Forester, now staffing McDonald's |
G | is a Glutton who says he's "food-centered" |
H | is a Hermaphrodite skirting problems of gender |
I | is an "Ism" (you'd better believe it) |
J | is a Jingoistlove it or leave it! |
K | is a Kettle the pot can't call black |
L | is a Lifestyle not bound to the pack |
M | is a Mindset with bias galore |
N | was a Negro, but not anymore |
O | is an Oppressor, devoid of self-love |
P | is the Patriarchy (see "O" above) |
Q | is a Quip that costs someone a job |
R | is the Reasoning done by a mob |
S | is a Sexist, that slobbering menace |
T | is a Teapot that's brewing a tempest |
U | is for Umbrage at the slightest transgression |
V | is a Valentine, tool of oppression |
W | is for "Woman," however it's spelled |
X | is a chromosome we share in our cells |
Y | is a Yogi for the easily led |
Z | is a Zombie, the differently dead |
Disclaimer
The traditional order of the letters in an alphabet is, of course, completely arbitrary. In spite of its association with excellence in archaic, competitive, literacy-obsessed school grading programs, A is no better or more deserving a letter than X, Y, or Z.
Therefore, to deflect any criticisms of a noun-centric bias, I employed a random-letter generator before working on this new alphabet. Believe me, I was as surprised as anyone that, despite the tremendous odds, the random-letter generator spat out the alphabet in the exact order shown above.
From Once Upon a More Enlighteneed Time,
by James Finn Garner
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