I too cringe whenever I hear someone described as a "vegetable."
Sadly, many in the public have glommed on to that word, the way they glommed on to the similarly dehumanizing "fetus."
It's a huge propaganda victory for the Culture of Death, that they have had such popular success with their Orwellian use of language.
We've witnessed many Orwellian moments in the last couple of weeks.
One of the most hilarious, if it were not so seriously wrong, was Dan Abrams's insistence that "starvation" is not "starvation" --if it's the patient's "choice" to undergo it.
Kind of like, a "baby" is not a "baby" -- unless it's the mother's "choice."
When you have a culture that communicates by way of catch phrases and text messaging, and who shows very little interest in the true definition of words, one can only expect individuals to accept such language.
Let's not forget about "Is." And this from the former president of The United States.