A list of forbidden words recently released by Standford University is receiving criticism even from the faculty members at the institution. Stanford University proposed an index of “harmful language” as part of a plan to eliminate certain items from its websites and computer code.

The language-banned guide stated that words such as American, abort, and child prostitute should be changed to US citizen, cancel, and child who has been trafficked respectively within the university’s sites to eliminate ‘many forms of harmful language.’

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The guide was first released in May, though it went viral in recent days after a Wall Street Journal editorial board piece on the initiative. The outlet described the guide as an index of forbidden words.

The guide, named The Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative, included 10 harmful language sections outlined in the index – ableist, ageism, colonialism, culturally appropriative, gender-based, imprecise language, institutionalized racism, person-first, violent and additional considerations.

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Twitter users were enraged over the guide of harmful language, featuring the proposal to ban using the term American to describe oneself.

Actor and Conservative Adam Baldwin wrote on Twitter, “Intellectual Morons formulate such crap so they can huff: ‘You just don’t understand!’”

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“My God. Scroll through this list of ‘potentially harmful’ words that @Stanford IT administrators wish to eliminate. ‘Blind Review’ & ‘tone deaf’ are ableists. ‘Guru’ & ‘bury the hatchet’ —are culturally insensitive. Term ‘trigger warning’—stress-inducing,” said Christina Sommers, a senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute.

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“You guys, this list of words that Stanford doesn’t want us to use anymore is truly insane,” said business journalist Justine Moore.

Elon Musk also chimed in, saying, “Stanford disapproves of saying you’re proud to be an American? Whoa.”

Dee Mostofi, a spokesperson for Stanford University said that the university’s style guidelines are meant for internal use, often for individual workgroups, reported Newsweek.

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The Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI) website was specifically created by and intended for use within the university IT community. It will continue to be refined based on ongoing input from the community, he added.