However the JEDEC specification does not explicitly deprecate the common usage. Microsoft's guidelines call for always using the term "context menu", and explicitly deprecate "shortcut menu". In general English usage, the infinitive "to deprecate" means "to express disapproval of (something)". GVSM introduces term to term correlations, which deprecate the pairwise orthogonality assumption. I deprecate it as an intolerable evil. In September 2011, Google announced it would deprecate the Google Maps API for Flash. Some authorities deprecate the rule as having too many exceptions to be worth learning. Microsoft announced it will deprecate the PocketPC platform in March 2013.