Inclusive language

Always use these inclusive terms.

If you spot any non-inclusive terms, replace them immediately unless they’re already used as the name of the feature. In this case, speak to Product and Engineering about renaming the feature.

Use	Don’t use	Notes
Allowlist	Whitelist	Assigns a positive connotation to the color white
Atypical, typical	Abnormal, normal	Terms used to segregate people with disabilities
Blocklist	Blacklist	Assigns a negative connotation to the color black
Cancel, stop	Abort	Emotive language with negative connotations
Chair, moderator	Chairman	Gender assumption
Clear, delete, remove	Purge	Associated with violence
Confidence check	Sanity check	Derogatory to mental illness
Core feature, built-in feature Platform-level app, platform-specific app	Native feature Native app	Historically associated with native or indigenous people
First language (when talking about linguistics) Platform language (when talking about programming)	Native language	Historically associated with native or indigenous people
Humanity, people	Mankind	Gender assumption
Institutional knowledge	Tribal knowledge	Historically associated with native or indigenous people
Legacy	Grandfathered	Historical context rooted in U.S. Jim Crow laws
Main	Master	Derived from owner/servant dynamic
Perimeter network	Demilitarized zone (DMZ)	Military jargon
Person/engineer hours	Man-hours	Gender assumption
Placeholder value	Dummy value	Derogatory to mental illness
Primary/secondary	Master/slave	Derived from owner/servant dynamic
Run	Execute	Associated with violence
Slow down, stop	Cripple	Offensive to people with disabilities
Stop, close	Terminate	Associated with violence
Stop responding	Hang	Associated with violence
They, them, theirs	She/he, her/him, hers/his	Pronoun assumption