diff --git a/support/src/parse.ts b/support/src/parse.ts
index 4dbb9940..f1c3fb0a 100644
--- a/support/src/parse.ts
+++ b/support/src/parse.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import mit from "markdown-it";
 import type { Token } from "markdown-it/index.js";
-import { sourceLocationOf, type SourceLocation } from "./sourceLocation.js";
+import {
+  markUpContent,
+  sourceLocationOf,
+  unMarkUpContent,
+  type SourceLocation,
+} from "./sourceLocation.js";
 
 export type ParsedLink = {
   readonly target: string;
@@ -14,14 +19,22 @@ export type ParsedImage = {
   readonly sourceLocation: SourceLocation | null;
 };
 
+export type DeprecatedTerm = {
+  readonly term: string;
+  readonly word: string;
+  readonly sourceLocation: SourceLocation;
+};
+
 export type ParseResult = {
   readonly links: readonly ParsedLink[];
   readonly images: readonly ParsedImage[];
   readonly trailingWhitespace: readonly SourceLocation[];
+  readonly deprecatedTerm: readonly DeprecatedTerm[];
 };
 
 export const parse = (content: string): ParseResult => {
   const trailingWhitespace: SourceLocation[] = [];
+  const deprecatedTerm: DeprecatedTerm[] = [];
 
   content.split(/\n/).forEach((line, index) => {
     if (line.endsWith(" ")) {
@@ -33,7 +46,7 @@ export const parse = (content: string): ParseResult => {
   });
 
   const parser = mit();
-  const tokens = parser.parse(content, {});
+  const tokens = parser.parse(markUpContent(content), {});
 
   const parsedLinks: ParsedLink[] = [];
   const parsedImages: ParsedImage[] = [];
@@ -46,27 +59,45 @@ export const parse = (content: string): ParseResult => {
         );
 
         if (indexOfNextClose > index) {
-          const target = token.attrGet("href") as string;
+          const markedUpTarget = token.attrGet("href") as string;
           parsedLinks.push({
-            target,
+            target: unMarkUpContent(markedUpTarget),
             content: tokens
               .slice(index + 1, indexOfNextClose)
-              .map((t) => t.content)
+              .map((t) => unMarkUpContent(t.content))
               .join(""),
-            sourceLocation: sourceLocationOf(`(${target})`, content),
+            sourceLocation: sourceLocationOf(markedUpTarget),
           });
         }
       }
 
       if (token.type === "image") {
-        const src = token.attrGet("src") as string;
+        const markedUpSrc = token.attrGet("src") as string;
         parsedImages.push({
-          src,
-          alt: token.content,
-          sourceLocation: sourceLocationOf(`(${src})`, content),
+          src: unMarkUpContent(markedUpSrc),
+          alt: unMarkUpContent(token.content),
+          sourceLocation: sourceLocationOf(markedUpSrc),
         });
       }
 
+      if (token.type === "text") {
+        // console.dir(token, { depth: 2 });
+        for (const match of token.content.matchAll(
+          /L(?<line0>\d+)C(?<column0>\d+)T(?<word>[\p{Alpha}\p{Number}]*(?<term>homework|student|teacher|bootcamp|classroom|class)[\p{Alpha}\p{Number}]*)/giu,
+        )) {
+          // console.dir(match, { depth: 1 });
+          match.groups &&
+            deprecatedTerm.push({
+              term: match.groups.term.toLowerCase(),
+              word: match.groups.word,
+              sourceLocation: {
+                line0: Number(match.groups.line0),
+                column0: Number(match.groups.column0),
+              },
+            });
+        }
+      }
+
       if (token.children) scan(token.children);
     });
   };
@@ -77,5 +108,6 @@ export const parse = (content: string): ParseResult => {
     links: parsedLinks,
     images: parsedImages,
     trailingWhitespace,
+    deprecatedTerm,
   };
 };
diff --git a/support/src/sourceLocation.ts b/support/src/sourceLocation.ts
index 9eecdbb9..ca615c05 100644
--- a/support/src/sourceLocation.ts
+++ b/support/src/sourceLocation.ts
@@ -3,20 +3,38 @@ export type SourceLocation = {
   readonly column0: number;
 };
 
+export const markUpContent = (content: string): string => {
+  return content
+    .split(/\n/)
+    .map((lineText, line0) =>
+      lineText.replaceAll(
+        /(?<![\p{Alpha}\p{Number}])([\p{Alpha}\p{Number}]+)/gu,
+        (matchedText, _, matchedIndex) =>
+          /^\d+$/.test(matchedText)
+            ? matchedText
+            : `L${line0}C${matchedIndex}T${matchedText}`,
+      ),
+    )
+    .join("\n");
+};
+
+export const unMarkUpContent = (s: string) =>
+  s.replaceAll(
+    /(?<![\p{Alpha}\p{Number}])L\d+C\d+T([\p{Alpha}\p{Number}]+)/gu,
+    (_, t) => t,
+  );
+
 export const sourceLocationOf = (
-  needle: string,
-  haystack: string,
+  markedUpText: string,
 ): SourceLocation | null => {
-  const index = haystack.indexOf(needle);
-  if (index < 0) return null;
+  const m = markedUpText.match(/L(?<line0>\d+)C(?<column0>\d+)T/);
 
-  const lines = haystack.substring(0, index).split("\n");
-  const lastLine = lines.pop();
-  const line0 = lines.length;
-  const column0 = lastLine!.length;
+  if (m?.groups) {
+    return {
+      line0: Number(m.groups.line0),
+      column0: Number(m.groups.column0) - (m.index ?? 0),
+    };
+  }
 
-  return {
-    line0,
-    column0,
-  };
+  return null;
 };
diff --git a/support/src/validateLinks.ts b/support/src/validateLinks.ts
index b65a699d..d5005310 100644
--- a/support/src/validateLinks.ts
+++ b/support/src/validateLinks.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ const main = async () => {
       ++errors;
     }
 
+    for (const found of parsedFile.deprecatedTerm) {
+      showError(
+        parsedFile.filename,
+        found.sourceLocation,
+        "VL004/deprecated-term",
+        `Deprecated term '${found.term}'`,
+      );
+      if (found.term !== "class") ++errors;
+    }
+
     for (const img of parsedFile.images) {
       if (!isExternalLink(img.src)) {
         const resolved = path.join(dirname(parsedFile.filename), img.src);