This word is actually banned, you know, censored from our indoctrination centers which most of you know as public school or university.

Ball and chain: banned as sexist, replace with spouse, wife, partner, mate [Macmillan McGraw Hill, Reflecting Diversity (1993), Educational Testing Service, Sensitivity Review Process: Guidelines and Procedures (ETS, 1992)].

Political Correctness is censorship (not to mention bullshit), it needs to stop.