# Most of these are based on https://twitter.com/TwitterEng/status/1278733303508418560 - name: whitelist terms: - whitelist - white-list - whitelisted - white-listed alternatives: - allowlist - inclusion list severity: warning note: "The underlying assumption of the whitelist/blacklist metaphor is that white = good and black = bad. Because colors in and of themselves have no predetermined meaning, any meaning we assign to them is cultural: for example, the color red in many Southeast Asian countries is lucky, and is often associated with events like marriages, whereas the color white carries the same connotations in many European countries. In the case of whitelist/blacklist, the terms originate in the publishing industry – one dominated by the USA and England, two countries which participated in slavery and which grapple with their racist legacies to this day." - name: blacklist terms: - blacklist - black-list - blacklisted - black-listed alternatives: - denylist - blocklist - exclusion list severity: warning note: "The underlying assumption of the whitelist/blacklist metaphor is that white = good and black = bad. Because colors in and of themselves have no predetermined meaning, any meaning we assign to them is cultural: for example, the color red in many Southeast Asian countries is lucky, and is often associated with events like marriages, whereas the color white carries the same connotations in many European countries. In the case of whitelist/blacklist, the terms originate in the publishing industry – one dominated by the USA and England, two countries which participated in slavery and which grapple with their racist legacies to this day." - name: master-slave terms: - master-slave - master/slave alternatives: - leader/follower - primary/replica - primary/standby - name: slave terms: - slave alternatives: - follower - replica - standby - name: grandfathered terms: - grandfathered alternatives: - legacy status - name: man-hours terms: - man hours - man-hours alternatives: - person hours - engineer hours - name: sanity terms: - sanity alternatives: - confidence - quick check - coherence check - name: dummy terms: - dummy alternatives: - placeholder - sample - name: guys terms: - guys alternatives: - folks - people - you all - y'all - yinz - name: whitebox terms: - white-box - whitebox - white box alternatives: - open-box - name: blackbox terms: - black-box - blackbox - black box alternatives: - closed-box