The @irony{Office of Hypersenstivity} at the University of Southern California has ruled the term "field work" taboo. Reportedly this decision stems from a concern to protect people, on seeing or hearing the term "field work", from being reminded of the slaves in the 1800s that worked in farm fields.

Nowadays some slaves are forced to work in nail salons, so there is a proposal to make the word "nail" taboo. The proposal is that nails, when used in construction, be referred to as "hammer targets" to avoid reminding anyone of nail salons. One complicating factor is that other slaves are forced to work in construction and may use nails; no one knows what to do about that.

Enslavement is a grave crime, whether the slaves are forced to work on farms, in nail salons , in construction, or anything else. Our governments should do more to prevent it. But that's no reason to mess up the English language.