# Why is the word "thread" not allowed on Meta?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-the-word-thread-not-allowed-on-meta/82156
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-the-word-thread-not-allowed-on-meta/82156 "2018-03-01T19:24:50Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-the-word-thread-not-allowed-on-meta/82156/2 "2018-03-01T19:47:36Z")

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I believe it’s related to:

> [@Terminology: topics vs threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/terminology-topics-vs-threads/63390):
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> I was curious to see a discussion about why topics are called topics and not threads (the more common term in online forums, according to my experience) but so far I have not been able to find any. Has this really not been discussed previously? Personally, I have gotten used to the discourse terminology but I find it somewhat of a pain when trying to explain things to new users, as “topic” is not intuitively understood while thread is well known from email and other online forums. Yet, I am rel…

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