Holey Moley! I came across this just after posting this thread while perusing the daily paper as I ate dinner:

Bookworm is now on a banned words list in a lot of schools! Yes...bookworm! Banned as offensive; replace with "intellectual"!

Jumpin' Jehosephat!

I was always proud to be called a bookworm. Even used to strut and say it about myself, "Yep! I'm a real bookworm."

People, we have done jumped off the PC cliff! I'm posting the editorial this is taken from over on Miscellany under "Language Police Are Going Too Far."