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Term Replacements Explanation
0 black hat unethical(adj), unethical hacker(n) This term is racially insensitive
1 blacklist denylist(n), banned list(n), block(v), deny(v), ban(v) This term is racially insensitive
2 blackout restriction(n), outage(n), restrict(v), failed (adj) This term is racially insensitive
3 brownout restriction(n), outage(n), restrict(v), failed (adj), network degradation (np) This term is racially insensitive
4 cakewalk easy This term is racially insensitive
5 crazy baffling This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities
6 cripples slows This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities
7 disable deactivate This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities
8 dummy placeholder This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities
9 female jack(n), socket(n) This term can be genderist. Avoid using it in anthropomorphic contexts such as for physical connections.
10 grandfathered legacy (adj) This is racially insensitive when used as an adjective or verb.
11 handicap obstacle (n), impede (v), restrict (v) This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities
12 kill Stop, halt This term carries implications of violence
13 man person Avoid unnecessarily gendered language
14 mankind humanity Avoid unnecessarily gendered language
15 master primary, main, controller, control plane, original, reference, leader This term is racially insensitive
16 rule of thumb rule, guideline This term carries implications of domestic violence
17 sanity check confidence check This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities
18 sanity test confidence test This term is insensitive to persons with disabilities
19 segregate separate This term is racially insensitive
20 segregation separation This term is racially insensitive
21 slave secondary, worker, replica This term is racially insensitive
22 suffer decrease, lessen, shrink, increase, growth, experience This term carries implications of violence
23 war room operations room, ops room This term carries implications of violence
24 white hat ethical(adj) This term is racially insensitive
25 White list allowlist(n), safelist(n), acceptlist(n), approved list(n), allow(v), approve(v) This term is racially insensitive
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