diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/spirit_board.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/spirit_board.dm
index 47731fd48d3..8fa6e0d7dd1 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/spirit_board.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/spirit_board.dm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	icon_state = "spirit_board"
 	density = 1
 	anchored = 0
-	var/virgin = 1
+	var/used = FALSE
 	var/cooldown = 0
 	var/planchette = "A"
 	var/lastuser = null
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 	if(!spirit_board_checks(M))
 		return 0
 
-	if(virgin)
-		virgin = 0
+	if(!used)
+		used = TRUE
 		notify_ghosts("Someone has begun playing with a [src.name] in [get_area(src)]!", source = src)
 
 	planchette = input("Choose the letter.", "Seance!") in list("A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
index 957b0828725..3a2b646e510 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/forcesay(list/append)
 	if(stat == CONSCIOUS)
 		if(client)
-			var/virgin = 1	//has the text been modified yet?
+			var/modified = FALSE	//has the text been modified yet?
 			var/temp = winget(client, "input", "text")
 			if(findtextEx(temp, "Say \"", 1, 7) && length(temp) > 5)	//case sensitive means
 
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
 				if(findtext(trim_left(temp), ":", 6, 7))	//dept radio
 					temp = copytext(trim_left(temp), 8)
-					virgin = 0
+					modified = TRUE
 
-				if(virgin)
+				if(!modified)
 					temp = copytext(trim_left(temp), 6)	//normal speech
-					virgin = 0
+					modified = TRUE
 
 				while(findtext(trim_left(temp), ":", 1, 2))	//dept radio again (necessary)
 					temp = copytext(trim_left(temp), 3)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
index 617629e1b9a..a767383b72b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
 	spawn(30)
 		for(var/C in GLOB.employmentCabinets)
 			var/obj/structure/filingcabinet/employment/employmentCabinet = C
-			if(!employmentCabinet.virgin)
+			if(employmentCabinet.populated)
 				employmentCabinet.addFile(employee)
 
 /mob/new_player/proc/AnnounceCyborg(var/mob/living/character, var/rank, var/join_message)
diff --git a/code/modules/paperwork/filingcabinet.dm b/code/modules/paperwork/filingcabinet.dm
index 01552b6b3e2..b5ea1bf1396 100644
--- a/code/modules/paperwork/filingcabinet.dm
+++ b/code/modules/paperwork/filingcabinet.dm
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@
  * Security Record Cabinets
  */
 /obj/structure/filingcabinet/security
-	var/virgin = TRUE
+	var/populated = FALSE
 
 
 /obj/structure/filingcabinet/security/proc/populate()
-	if(virgin)
+	if(!populated)
 		for(var/datum/data/record/G in GLOB.data_core.general)
 			var/datum/data/record/S
 			for(var/datum/data/record/R in GLOB.data_core.security)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 				P.info += "[c]<BR>"
 			P.info += "</TT>"
 			P.name = "paper - '[G.fields["name"]]'"
-			virgin = FALSE	//tabbing here is correct- it's possible for people to try and use it
+			populated = TRUE	//tabbing here is correct- it's possible for people to try and use it
 						//before the records have been generated, so we do this inside the loop.
 
 /obj/structure/filingcabinet/security/attack_hand()
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@
  * Medical Record Cabinets
  */
 /obj/structure/filingcabinet/medical
-	var/virgin = TRUE
+	var/populated = FALSE
 
 /obj/structure/filingcabinet/medical/proc/populate()
-	if(virgin)
+	if(!populated)
 		for(var/datum/data/record/G in GLOB.data_core.general)
 			var/datum/data/record/M
 			for(var/datum/data/record/R in GLOB.data_core.medical)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 				P.info += "[c]<BR>"
 			P.info += "</TT>"
 			P.name = "paper - '[G.fields["name"]]'"
-			virgin = FALSE	//tabbing here is correct- it's possible for people to try and use it
+			populated = TRUE	//tabbing here is correct- it's possible for people to try and use it
 						//before the records have been generated, so we do this inside the loop.
 
 /obj/structure/filingcabinet/medical/attack_hand()
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(employmentCabinets)
 /obj/structure/filingcabinet/employment
 	var/cooldown = FALSE // Only used for devils
 	icon_state = "employmentcabinet"
-	var/virgin = TRUE
+	var/populated = FALSE
 
 /obj/structure/filingcabinet/employment/New()
 	GLOB.employmentCabinets += src
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(employmentCabinets)
 	if(cooldown)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[src] is jammed, give it a few seconds.</span>")
 	else
-		if(virgin)
+		if(!populated)
 			fillCurrent()
-			virgin = FALSE
+			populated = TRUE
 		if(user.mind.special_role != "devil")
 			return ..()