Do you get upset by words like "fat," "ugly," or "crazy"? Well, take comfort that your cultural betters are already scrubbing them from popular works of literature. As the Telegraph reported, new editions of the beloved children's author Roald Dahl contain a notice explaining that “This book was written many years ago, and so we regularly review the language to ensure that it can continue to be enjoyed by all today.”
It turns out the good censors at publisher Puffin, along with the Roald Dahl estate and an outfit called Inclusive Minds, have replaced or deleted hundreds of words from at least 10 books, including Matilda and James and the Giant Peach. Specific changes include the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory becoming "small people" rather than "small men" and a farmer in Fantastic Mr. Fox going from "Bunce, the little pot-bellied dwarf" to just "Bunce."
