This is a surprising and terrible list in many ways. Almost beyond parody. Where to start? Well, most of the "context" is really bad or straight up wrong. "Bal

This is a surprising and terrible list in many ways. Almost beyond parody. Where to start? Well, most of the "context" is really bad or straight up wrong. "Balls to the wall" probably references a governor on a motor. A cakewalk being a black tradition shouldn't make it any more controversial than Jazz. "Rule of thumb" almost certainly didn't refer to the wife-beating myth. Same with "Hip Hip Hooray" being a... Nazi rallying cry? Really? "Gangbusters - Unnecessarily invokes the notion of police action against "gangs" in a positive light, which may have racial undertones." Uhhhh.. Hmmm. Okay. "Although the term has its origins in Greek literature, the subsequent negative connotations with the word "spade" means that the phrase should be used with caution or not at all." Uhhhh.... what? And my personal favorite ironic entry: "Instead of TONE DEAF, consider using UNENLIGHTENED". As if anyone here who actually cared about the origin of words would think that "unenlightened" wouldn't be more offensive on several levels. And I do not know what the end goal of lists like this are. Does this history of a word count, or just how it's used? Is keeping a magic list of bad words actually going to increase inclusion? If anything, it seems like outgroups would be the most likely ones to not know the secret list of no-no words.