I guess everyone has heard about Los Angeles county sending out a memo and making a rule that the terms "master" and "slave" cannot be used in county business (bids or otherwise). These terms are just too darn offensive, albeit that they are actual english words with actual definition and connotation that in the context "banned" have NOTHING to do with offending anyone. Ok so whats next? Well BBSpot has graciously provided a list of the next contenders.
Reprinted with absolutely no permission whatsoever:
11. SCSI - Cleanliness impaired
10. Killer App - Socially Maladjusted App
9. USB - USA
8. Floppy Drive - Erectile Dysfunction Drive
7. DIP Switches - Mentally Challenged Switches
6. HyperThreading - Attention Deficit Disability Threading
5. Heat Sink - He/Sheat Sink
4. Winmodem - Funmodem
3. ATAPI Device - Native American Device
2. Motherboard - Non-gender Specific Parentboard
1. Cancel/Retry/Abort - Cancel/Retry/Allow Woman to Choose
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