>>>The County of Los Angeles thinks the terms "master/slave" should be avoided: they are socially unacceptable!
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>>>http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp
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>>Who knows a new name for male connectors and female connectors?! Please hurry, for their naming will be banned soon too.
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>LOL!
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>In electronics we use "Plug" for male and "Jack" for female.
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>The United States version of the English language has many prudish customs and people who interpret each word. For example, using “Mailman can cause problems. Some people insist that words should be neutral such as “Mailperson”. Others think it should be “MailWoman”or "MailMan".

Think about the names - Norman, Herman... now for the latter we have a feminine version Hermina.

So: postmina, firemina, congressmina... unless we want to rewrite history about Ottoperson Empire.