Originally Posted By: DFT
Here's a partial list of words and phrases deemed by the Stanford Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative to no longer be used.

You can see whether you agree and/ or check out the rationale with the link, but it seems clear from what they call 'Context,' that this is ideological cancellation, not organic evolution of usage.

Example: even though they report the use of 'calling a spade a spade' dates to the Greeks, because the word contained in the phrase has in times and places been used derogatorily, we should no longer use the phrase.


crazy (sorry, Patsy Cline!)
addicted (back to the drawing board, Robert Palmer.)
he
she
ladies
gentlemen
American
abort
Indian summer
Oriental
thug
barrio
blackbox
brown bag
cakewalk
ghetto
grandfather
call a spade, a spade
white paper
convict
immigrant
prisoner
abusive relationship
beating a dead horse
crack the whip
kill two birds with one stone
killing it
more than one way to skin a cat
pull the trigger
rule of thumb
circle the wagon
hooray
long time
no can do
normal person




That list is total BS!

I just posted a selfie and all of the responses were get well soon!

64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware