AND LOOK WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN ‘REWOKED’

MIDGET GEMS

Earlier this year Marks and Spencer changed the name of its Midget Gem sweets to Mini Gems to avoid offending people with dwarfism. Tesco and Morrisons followed suit.

CARTOON SCHOOLKIDS

The Beano has happily charted the exploits of The Bash Street Kids since 1954. But last year Fatty and Spotty became Freddy and Scotty, amid fears the original names might encourage bullying.

SPOTTED DICK

The traditional suet and dried fruit pudding was renamed Spotted Richard by House of Commons restaurant staff in case its real name caused offence. The change was never official, but Piers Morgan branded the oversensitive waiters ‘a bunch of Richard-heads’.

MANSIZE TISSUES

Kleenex rebranded ‘mansize’ tissues as simply ‘extra large’ after complaints that the description was sexist.

MANHOLE COVERS

In California, Berkeley City Council has ordered them to be called ‘maintenance holes’ – although the practice has not (yet) spread to this side of the Atlantic.

MASTER BEDROOM

The term ‘master bedroom’ has been dropped by scores of estate agents due to perceived allusions to sexism and slavery. Buyers are instead shown the ‘primary’ bedroom.

RELIABLE AND HARD-WORKING STAFF

Recruitment agency boss Nicole Mamo was told that she couldn’t place an ad at the Jobcentre in Thetford, Norfolk, seeking hard-working and reliable employees as it could be offensive to lazy and unreliable people. As if they could be bothered to complain…