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Add a flag for words related to suicide

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| Goddamn, goddam, goddamnit, goddammit | awful<br>terrible<br>wretched | This term can be offensive or triggering to some religious traditions because it implies a deity cursing or reproaching people. We want to show respect towards all religious traditions. |
| jesus fucking, fucking christ | Wow<br>oh no<br>oh my | We want to show respect towards all religious traditions. |
| mumbo jumbo | jargon<br>confusing language | The term ":TERM:" was used to stereotype African languages and cultures that didn't make sense to European colonizers.<br><br>See [some other commonly used terms that have racist origins](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/commonly-terms-racist-origins/story?id=71840410). |

| kowtow, kotow, kow tow, kow-tow, cowtow, cow tow, cow-tow | submit<br>grovel | The modern usage of this word refers to groveling or submission, which is a disconnect from its real meaning as an act of deep respect. Modern usage of this term misses cultural nuance and perpetuates cultural misunderstanding.<br><br>See [the Slack thread](https://gsa-tts.slack.com/archives/C10EGE62W/p1727210606818389) where teammates discuss the term for more information.|

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| Instead of | Consider | Why |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| postmortem, post mortem, post-mortem | project reflection<br>project or incident review<br>retrospective<br>retro | This term can trigger emotions related to death that employees may not want to process at work. |
| drop-dead date | last possible date | This term can trigger emotions related to death that employees may not want to process at work |
| drop-dead date | last possible date | This term can trigger emotions related to death that employees may not want to process at work. |
| suicide, suicidal, kill yourself | | This term can trigger emotions related to death that employees may not want to process at work. |
| fuck | | This term can trigger emotions related to abuse, trauma, and sexual assault that employees may not want to process at work. |
| shit | | This term can trigger emotions related to vulgarity that employees may not want to process at work. |

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