Chinaman (term) is almost entirely absent from British English, and has been since before 1965. However, "chinaman" (not capitalized) is still used in an alternative sense to describe a left-arm unorthodox spin bowler in cricket. Most British dictionaries see the term "Chinaman" as old-fashioned, and this view is backed up by data from the British National Corpus. According to "Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage", in American English "Chinaman" is most often used in a "knowing" way, either satirically or to evoke the word's historical connotations. It acknowledges, however, that there is still some usage that is completely innocent. In addition, Herbst notes
Controlled vocabulary difficult issues. Choices of authorized terms are based on the principles of "user warrant" (what terms users are likely to use), "literary warrant" (what terms are generally used in the literature and documents), and "structural warrant" (terms chosen by considering the structure, scope of the controlled vocabulary). Controlled vocabularies also typically handle the problem of homographs, with qualifiers. For example, the term "pool" has to be qualified to refer to either "swimming pool" or the game "pool" to ensure that each authorized term or heading refers to only one concept. There are two main kinds of controlled vocabulary tools used