Wow. Just wow. I'm deliberately not replying to any single comment. I didn't know this is such an emotionally charged topic. And I don't like it.

I know the relation to 'race' and that being the cause for people arguing about it a few years ago. But isn't it a better term? If I want to block something with my firewall... I'm putting it on the blocklist (or deny-list). If I want to allow something... It's on the allowlist. Forgive me, maybe I'm a nerd and I don't care so much about the etymology. Why bring in (random) colors? Can I please use the term because I think it fits better?

And the discussion immediately shifting to connector genders... Well. Yeah I get it, it's a funny subject. And comparing something with protruding parts to a penis is funny. Also for me... But you people immediately having trouble with the terms, (rightfully) bringing in hermaphroditic connectors. And there being several disctinct/binary ones but with ambiguities so that it's more convention than protruding bits in case of electronics... It just shows naming connector sides that way is a stupid idea. It get's you most of the way but after that, it just confuses people and stops describing anything useful. I'm a bit unsure about this. Because it's one of the few accepted penis jokes you can make at work or a conference (at least innuendo). And I don't want to lose all of them. But it has never been a good 'analogy' in the sense that it is a good descriptive way to name connectors.