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Developers renew push to get rid of objectionable code terms to make 'the world a tiny bit more welcoming'

OssianScotland
Mushroom

Re: Blacklist to Blocklist but...

"Overlord has my vote"

Seventy Six Years and Three Days ago, definitely.

But now, surely it is sexist (Lord) and sizeist (Over)?

I'm going to stick with Lewis Carroll:

“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

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