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Stop saying "SAFE" 12-Jan-2015 At 10:05:12 AM mikllaw

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Accident report to follow I hope, but yet again someone topped a pitch and used the magic word "Safe". Belayer took them off belay. Person got back on rope and fell whole pitch.

Don't say "Safe" when you're not safe.

For instance, if you're threading the anchors on a sport route, don't say "Safe".
A better term is "In Hard" as :-
-it doesn't sound like anything else
-it tells your belayer that you're clipped into something and to keep them on belay
-it says that you'll need slack soon, and that you'll need to be lowered
-it says please stay on belay.
(Your belayer may pull through a bit of slack and tie a double overhand below the device as a backup.)

On another note, 'Safe' sounds a lot like 'Take'. I've started using the illogical Americanism "Off belay" (illogical as your belayer is the one who takes you off belay) as it doesn't sound like anything else.