# Terminology: topics vs threads

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/terminology-topics-vs-threads/63390
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [25. Mai 2017 um 21:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/terminology-topics-vs-threads/63390 "2017-05-25T21:00:52Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [9. April 2018 um 20:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/terminology-topics-vs-threads/63390/9 "2018-04-09T20:24:38Z")

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See here:

> [@Why is the word "thread" not allowed on Meta?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/82156):
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> Why is the word, “threa.d” not allowed? I’m curious. Just tried to use it in a private message. And, lol the F bomb just auto corrected into a PM I was writing. Oops.

(^^Onebox is not working because I had to remove the word t h r e a d from the URL 🙄)

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