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VMware to stop describing hardware as ‘male’ and ‘female’ in new terminology guide

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Re: So sad

I just wrote another post, and realized I used the following words (which I call the Offensive Language Analysis):

"Nut" - slang for private body parts

"bayonet" - implies violence/warfare

"hex" - implies witchcraft

"witch" (line above, not the other post) - brings up negative stereotypes and discriminatory to women...

And I came to the same conclusion as you: If we start policing language as closely as many companies now desire, there is no end to the hole of "'X' reminds me of [completely unrelated non-technical meaning/association] and offends me." The only end to that path is to ban the dictionary and use Orwell's Newspeak because there will be nothing left.

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