This mini glossary* is an illustration of our
inclusive language framework
in action. It is
not an exhaustive list of terms that might be harmful.
It also
does not include slurs. Rather, this is a subset of terms crowdsourced
from stakeholders during our framework development, and demonstrates examples of applying the
framework. Before using this resource, we highly encourage you to explore the framework. We
hope the framework and these examples help you as you come across terms that might be harmful.
*This work was supported by Google. EGAL also formed and collaborated with a working group of academic and community leaders with representation across various identities and expertise. While the work has broad applicability, this resource includes terms crowdsourced from an audience in the US with people in the US as the target audience.
This tool outlines terms that may be harmful, explores why and in which contexts they may be
harmful, and highlights more inclusive alternatives and usage recommendations. We use our
inclusive language framework to consider the impact of each term in various contexts, assess
when the terms may be harmful, and explore more inclusive alternatives, and each term is
accompanied by links to resources supporting our reasoning and recommendations. The terms are
organized alphabetically, and you can look up specific terms using the search bar.