diff --git a/sx/sxc/pages/__init__.py b/sx/sxc/pages/__init__.py
index e28935d..c48a97f 100644
--- a/sx/sxc/pages/__init__.py
+++ b/sx/sxc/pages/__init__.py
@@ -2689,7 +2689,7 @@ def _essay_sx_manifesto() -> str:
         f'The ecosystem is the problem. Two million " {x("https://www.npmjs.com", "npm")} " packages, '
         'of which fourteen are useful and the rest are competing implementations '
         f'of " {x("https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-odd", "is-odd")} ". S-expressionism needs no ecosystem because '
-        'the language itself provides what packages exist to paper over: '
+        'the paradigm itself provides what packages exist to paper over: '
         'composition, abstraction, and code-as-data.")'
         f'    {p}'
         f'      "\\\"But " {x("https://www.typescriptlang.org", "TypeScript")} "!\\\" they cry. TypeScript is a type system '
@@ -2700,7 +2700,7 @@ def _essay_sx_manifesto() -> str:
         '      "\\\"You have no jobs!\\\" they cry. Correct. '
         'We have no jobs, no conference talks, no DevRel budget, no venture capital, '
         'no stickers, and no swag. '
-        'We have something better: a language that does not require '
+        'We have something better: a paradigm that does not require '
         'a migration guide between versions."))'
 
         # --- VIII. The CSS question ---
@@ -2745,7 +2745,7 @@ def _essay_sx_manifesto() -> str:
         '      "The immediate aims of the s-expressionists are:")'
         '    (ol :class "space-y-2 text-stone-600 mt-2 list-decimal list-inside"'
         '      (li "Abolition of the build step and all its instruments of compilation")'
-        '      (li "Abolition of the framework as a class distinct from the language")'
+        '      (li "Abolition of the framework as a class distinct from the paradigm")'
         f'      (li "Centralisation of rendering in the hands of a single " {i("/docs/evaluator", "evaluator")} ", '
         'running identically on server and client")'
         '      (li "Abolition of the language distinction between structure, style, and behaviour")'