Proposal
Add awareness of speciesist language — animal-derived idioms that normalize violence toward animals — to Bootstrap's documentation practices.
Bootstrap's documentation reaches millions of developers worldwide. As the most popular CSS framework, writing conventions here influence the entire front-end ecosystem.
Common terms and alternatives
| Instead of |
Use |
| "kill two birds with one stone" |
"accomplish two things at once" |
| "beat a dead horse" |
"belabor the point" |
| "monkey patch" |
"runtime patch" |
| "guinea pig" |
"test subject" |
| "canary" |
"preview" |
These alternatives are more precise and more accessible to non-native English speakers — important for Bootstrap's global community.
Precedent
- master→main (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
- whitelist/blacklist→allowlist/blocklist (Google, Apple, IETF)
- master/slave→primary/replica (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis)
- Inclusive Naming Initiative
References
This is about awareness for new writing, not a retroactive overhaul.
Proposal
Add awareness of speciesist language — animal-derived idioms that normalize violence toward animals — to Bootstrap's documentation practices.
Bootstrap's documentation reaches millions of developers worldwide. As the most popular CSS framework, writing conventions here influence the entire front-end ecosystem.
Common terms and alternatives
These alternatives are more precise and more accessible to non-native English speakers — important for Bootstrap's global community.
Precedent
References
This is about awareness for new writing, not a retroactive overhaul.