Linux Foundations New Banned Words: Hung, Pow-wow, & Sanity Check
Date:
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:15:27 GMT
Description:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Netflix, Apple, & Intel teamed up with The Linux Foundation to say "don't use HUNG when talking about software."
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The Linux Foundation has announced the release of a new Inclusive Language Guide which adds a handful of new words you are not allowed to say.
And its even more ridiculous than you might expect.
This new Inclusive Language Guide is designed to drive a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture (read: DEI) and to replace offensive
language with acceptable language.
Past iterations of the Inclusive Language Guide included Socially Charged words such as Master / Slave, Black / White, and even Owner.
This new revision officially adds Pow-wow to that list of death-causing
words.
Of course, any gendered language remains firmly off limits. Manpower? Cant say that. And definitely dont use gendered pronouns like he or she.
Doing so is literally genocide.
Which brings us to my favorite new additions (to the Ableist and Violent language sections of the list).
Sanity Check
Dummy
Hung
Thats right. You cant use the word hung anymore.
I deleted 3 different titles for this story containing the word hung. They were all very entertaining and very inappropriate. I would like credit for the restraint I am showing right now.
As crazy, insane, and abnormal (see what I did there?) as this list of bad words is whats even stranger is the group behind it.
This is a joint project between The Linux Foundation and wait for it the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Yes. The one that produces the Oscars .
The two organizations teamed up to create the Academy Software Foundation .
Which, apparently, ran out of worthwhile things to work on and, instead,
chose to add hung to a dont use this word in the software industry list.
That organization also worked with the Alliance for OpenUSD another Linux Foundation Project to publish this list.
Who, exactly, is responsible for making all of this happen at the Alliance
for OpenUSD?
Pixar, Nvidia, Adobe, Autodesk, and Apple.
And the leadership over at the Academy Software Foundation includes companies like Netflix, Sony, Adobe, Intel, Microsoft, and Epic Games.
Right about now you may be wondering why Epic Games and Amazon is so worried about you using the word hung.
I dont have an answer for you.
Its weird.
Its very, very weird.
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Link to news story:
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-foundations-new-banned-words
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