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Originally Posted by Karibou

I'm not in this situation, but I would handle it the same way that I do when my mom calls cross country, "track" - correct them. Constantly. I would interject "the Championship" right after they say "nationals." Whether or not it may be considered rude, IMO being interrupted makes a person more likely to remember their mistake (though it can work the other way around - Imma let you finish, Kanye...), and fix it to avoid being embarrassingly interrupted again. It also makes whoever they're talking to aware that the terminology has changed, and that they should be able to understand that both refer to the same event (regardless of the political incorrectness of "nationals").

You gotta be careful when correcting someone though. It annoys the heck out of some people. Also FIRST has one phrase that trumps "Nationals vs The Champs", almost every team says it when being picked for the elims "We Garishly (Think i got the spelling right) accept". It's an undo-able statement, but no one has a cow over that. Just let us people that call it Nationals call it that. Everyone knows what we mean, if someone is going to get offended over it, In my own opinion that's petty.