diff --git a/tests/functional/index.js b/tests/functional/index.js
index cbfddec13..9eb731e9c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/index.js
+++ b/tests/functional/index.js
@@ -116,35 +116,35 @@ define([
         .end();
     },
 
-    'browse issues (untriaged)': function() {
+    'browse issues (new)': function() {
       return this.remote
         .get(require.toUrl(url))
-        .findByCssSelector('#untriaged h3').getVisibleText()
+        .findByCssSelector('#new h3').getVisibleText()
         .then(function (text) {
-          assert.equal(text, 'Untriaged Issues');
+          assert.equal(text, 'New Issues');
         })
         .end()
-        .findAllByCssSelector('#untriaged .IssueItem.IssueItem--untriaged')
+        .findAllByCssSelector('#new .IssueItem.IssueItem--new')
         .then(function (elms) {
           assert.equal(elms.length, 4, '4 issues should be displayed');
         })
         .end()
-        .findByCssSelector('.IssueItem--untriaged .IssueItem-count').getVisibleText()
+        .findByCssSelector('.IssueItem--new .IssueItem-count').getVisibleText()
         .then(function (text) {
           assert.match(text, /^Issue\s(\d+)$/, 'Issue should have a number');
         })
         .end()
-        .findByCssSelector('.IssueItem--untriaged .IssueItem-header a').getAttribute('href')
+        .findByCssSelector('.IssueItem--new .IssueItem-header a').getAttribute('href')
         .then(function (text) {
           assert.match(text, /^\/issues\/\d+$/, 'Link should have a number');
         })
         .end()
-        .findByCssSelector('.IssueItem--untriaged .IssueItem-header').getVisibleText()
+        .findByCssSelector('.IssueItem--new .IssueItem-header').getVisibleText()
         .then(function (text) {
           assert.match(text, /^Issue\s\d+:\s.+$/, 'Issue should have a non-empty title');
         })
         .end()
-        .findByCssSelector('.IssueItem--untriaged .IssueItem-metadata').getVisibleText()
+        .findByCssSelector('.IssueItem--new .IssueItem-metadata').getVisibleText()
         .then(function (text) {
           assert.match(text, /comments:\s\d+$/, 'Issue should display number of comments');
           assert.match(text, /^Opened:\s\d{4}\-\d{2}\-\d{2}.+/, 'Issue should display creation date');
diff --git a/tests/functional/issue-list.js b/tests/functional/issue-list.js
index eb095517a..227a63d58 100644
--- a/tests/functional/issue-list.js
+++ b/tests/functional/issue-list.js
@@ -152,19 +152,19 @@ define([
         .findByCssSelector('.IssueList-search-form').click()
         .type('taco')
         .end()
-        .findAllByCssSelector('button.wc-Filter--untriaged').click()
+        .findAllByCssSelector('button.wc-Filter--new').click()
         .end()
         .findByCssSelector('.IssueList-search-form').getVisibleText()
         .then(function (text) {
           assert.equal(text, '', 'Clicking filter should empty search text');
         })
         .end()
-        .findAllByCssSelector('button.wc-Filter--untriaged').click()
+        .findAllByCssSelector('button.wc-Filter--new').click()
         .end()
         .findByCssSelector('.IssueList-search-form').click()
         .type('taco')
         .end()
-        .findAllByCssSelector('button.wc-Filter--untriaged').getAttribute('class')
+        .findAllByCssSelector('button.wc-Filter--new').getAttribute('class')
         .then(function (className) {
           assert.notInclude(className, 'is-active', 'Searching should clear all filters');
         });
diff --git a/tests/functional/issues.js b/tests/functional/issues.js
index c6be3fde4..6179831bb 100644
--- a/tests/functional/issues.js
+++ b/tests/functional/issues.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ define([
         .setFindTimeout(intern.config.wc.pageLoadTimeout)
         .get(require.toUrl(url(69)))
         .findByCssSelector('.js-issue-state-button').click()
-        .sleep(1000)
+        .sleep(2000)
         .end()
         .findByCssSelector('.Issue-state').getVisibleText()
         .then(function (text) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ define([
         })
         .end()
         .findByCssSelector('.js-issue-state-button').click()
-        .sleep(1000)
+        .sleep(2000)
         .end()
         .findByCssSelector('.Issue-state').getVisibleText()
         .then(function (text) {
diff --git a/webcompat/api/endpoints.py b/webcompat/api/endpoints.py
index eeeb461bb..fbe27155c 100644
--- a/webcompat/api/endpoints.py
+++ b/webcompat/api/endpoints.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from webcompat.helpers import get_request_headers
 from webcompat.helpers import get_user_info
 from webcompat.helpers import normalize_api_params
-from webcompat.issues import filter_untriaged
+from webcompat.issues import filter_new
 from webcompat.issues import proxy_request
 
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def get_issue_category(issue_category):
     '''Return all issues for a specific category.
 
     issue_category can be of x types:
-    * untriaged (We take care in case there’s no bug)
+    * new
     * contactready
     * needsdiagnosis
     * sitewait
@@ -119,16 +119,16 @@ def get_issue_category(issue_category):
             issues = github.raw_request('GET', issues_path, params=params)
         else:
             issues = proxy_request('get', params=params)
-    # Note that 'untriaged' here is primarily used on the hompage.
-    # For paginated results on the /issues page, see /issues/search/untriaged.
-    elif issue_category == 'untriaged':
+    # Note that 'new' here is primarily used on the hompage.
+    # For paginated results on the /issues page, see /issues/search/new.
+    elif issue_category == 'new':
         if g.user:
             issues = github.raw_request('GET', issues_path, params=params)
         else:
             issues = proxy_request('get', params=params)
-        # Do not send random JSON to filter_untriaged
+        # Do not send random JSON to filter_new
         if issues.status_code == 200:
-            return (filter_untriaged(json.loads(issues.content)),
+            return (filter_new(json.loads(issues.content)),
                     issues.status_code, get_headers(issues))
         else:
             return ({}, issues.status_code, get_headers(issues))
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def get_category_from_search(issue_category):
 
     if issue_category in category_list:
         query_string = 'label:{0}'.format(issue_category)
-    elif issue_category == 'untriaged':
+    elif issue_category == 'new':
         query_string = ('state:open -label:contactready '
                         '-label:sitewait -label:needsdiagnosis')
     return get_search_results(query_string, params)
diff --git a/webcompat/issues.py b/webcompat/issues.py
index 4c4e72711..67cd45c31 100644
--- a/webcompat/issues.py
+++ b/webcompat/issues.py
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ def report_issue(form, proxy=False):
         return github.post('repos/{0}'.format(REPO_URI), build_formdata(form))
 
 
-def filter_untriaged(issues):
-    '''Return the list of untriaged issues, encoded as JSON.
+def filter_new(issues):
+    '''Return the list of new issues, encoded as JSON.
 
-    "untriaged" means anything that isn't an issue with a "contactready",
+    "new" means anything that isn't an issue with a "contactready",
     "sitewait", or "needsdiagnosis" label.
     '''
-    def is_untriaged(issue):
+    def is_new(issue):
         '''Filter function.'''
         match = True
         if issue.get('labels') == []:
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ def is_untriaged(issue):
                     match = False
         return match
 
-    return json.dumps([issue for issue in issues if is_untriaged(issue)])
+    return json.dumps([issue for issue in issues if is_new(issue)])
diff --git a/webcompat/static/css/development/base/variable.css b/webcompat/static/css/development/base/variable.css
index d51652437..1aceb06d0 100644
--- a/webcompat/static/css/development/base/variable.css
+++ b/webcompat/static/css/development/base/variable.css
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   --wc-background-light: var(--wc-background-dark); /* #FBC55F  Light Yellow */
   --wc-variant-background-dark: #404040; /* Dark Gray */
   --wc-variant-background-light: #c2c2c2; /* Dark Light */
-  --wc-state-untriaged: #6fc7fa; /* Light blue */
+  --wc-state-new: #6fc7fa; /* Light blue */
   --wc-state-need: #ff8364;   /* Light red */
   --wc-state-ready: #a1ebbf; /* Light green */
   --wc-state-sitewait: #006B75; /* Dark green */
diff --git a/webcompat/static/css/development/components/filter.css b/webcompat/static/css/development/components/filter.css
index a5bf7665f..b9384b036 100644
--- a/webcompat/static/css/development/components/filter.css
+++ b/webcompat/static/css/development/components/filter.css
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   .wc-Filter.is-active {
     color:#fff;
   }
-  .wc-Filter--untriaged {
-    border-color:var(--wc-state-untriaged);
+  .wc-Filter--new {
+    border-color:var(--wc-state-new);
   }
-  .wc-Filter--untriaged:hover,
-  .wc-Filter--untriaged.is-active {
-    background-color:var(--wc-state-untriaged);
+  .wc-Filter--new:hover,
+  .wc-Filter--new.is-active {
+    background-color:var(--wc-state-new);
   }
   .wc-Filter--need {
     border-color:var(--wc-state-need);
diff --git a/webcompat/static/css/development/components/issue-item.css b/webcompat/static/css/development/components/issue-item.css
index 9cdce177d..0d37738f6 100644
--- a/webcompat/static/css/development/components/issue-item.css
+++ b/webcompat/static/css/development/components/issue-item.css
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
     margin:0;
     background-color: transparent;
   }
-.IssueItem--untriaged {
-  border-left: 5px solid var(--wc-state-untriaged);
+.IssueItem--new {
+  border-left: 5px solid var(--wc-state-new);
 }
 .IssueItem--need {
   border-left: 5px solid var(--wc-state-need);
diff --git a/webcompat/static/css/development/page/about.css b/webcompat/static/css/development/page/about.css
index b3a979adc..681d23d78 100644
--- a/webcompat/static/css/development/page/about.css
+++ b/webcompat/static/css/development/page/about.css
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
   margin:3em 0;
   }
 .about_bug--reporting {
-  border-color: var(--wc-state-untriaged);
+  border-color: var(--wc-state-new);
 }
  .about_bug--reporting .about_bug_label {
-   color: var(--wc-state-untriaged)
+   color: var(--wc-state-new)
  }
 .about_bug--analysis {
   border-color: var(--wc-state-need);
diff --git a/webcompat/static/css/development/page/issues.css b/webcompat/static/css/development/page/issues.css
index 3f307cb8f..25af7e642 100644
--- a/webcompat/static/css/development/page/issues.css
+++ b/webcompat/static/css/development/page/issues.css
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@
     font-size:.8em;
   }
 }
-/*Untriaged*/
-.Issue-state--untriaged {
-  background-color: var(--wc-state-untriaged);
+/*New*/
+.Issue-state--new {
+  background-color: var(--wc-state-new);
 }
 /*Needs Diagnosis*/
 .Issue-state--need {
diff --git a/webcompat/static/js/lib/diagnose.js b/webcompat/static/js/lib/diagnose.js
index df4a20370..c0c398c96 100644
--- a/webcompat/static/js/lib/diagnose.js
+++ b/webcompat/static/js/lib/diagnose.js
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ diagnose.ContactReadyCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
   url: '/api/issues/category/contactready'
 });
 
-diagnose.UntriagedCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
+diagnose.NewCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
   model: issues.Issue,
-  url: '/api/issues/category/untriaged'
+  url: '/api/issues/category/new'
 });
 
 diagnose.SiteWaitCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
@@ -65,29 +65,27 @@ diagnose.NeedsDiagnosisView = Backbone.View.extend({
   render: function() {
     this.$el.html(this.template({
       // manually slice out the latest 4.
-      // in the future we'll allow the user to "scroll" these.
       needsDiagnosis: this.issues.toJSON().slice(0,4)
     }));
     return this;
   }
 });
 
-diagnose.UntriagedView = Backbone.View.extend({
-  el: $('#untriaged'),
+diagnose.NewView = Backbone.View.extend({
+  el: $('#new'),
   initialize: function() {
     var self = this;
     var headersBag = {headers: {'Accept': 'application/json'}};
-    this.issues = new diagnose.UntriagedCollection();
+    this.issues = new diagnose.NewCollection();
     this.issues.fetch(headersBag).success(function() {
       self.render();
     }).error(function(){});
   },
-  template: _.template($('#untriaged-tmpl').html()),
+  template: _.template($('#new-tmpl').html()),
   render: function() {
     this.$el.html(this.template({
       // manually slice out the latest 4.
-      // in the future we'll allow the user to "scroll" these.
-      untriaged: this.issues.toJSON().slice(0,4)
+      newIssues: this.issues.toJSON().slice(0,4)
     }));
     return this;
   }
@@ -107,7 +105,6 @@ diagnose.SiteWaitView = Backbone.View.extend({
   render: function() {
     this.$el.html(this.template({
       // manually slice out the latest 4.
-      // in the future we'll allow the user to "scroll" these.
       sitewait: this.issues.toJSON().slice(0,4)
     }));
     return this;
@@ -128,7 +125,6 @@ diagnose.ContactReadyView = Backbone.View.extend({
   render: function() {
     this.$el.html(this.template({
       // manually slice out the latest 4.
-      // in the future we'll allow the user to "scroll" these.
       contactReady: this.issues.toJSON().slice(0,4)
     }));
     return this;
@@ -138,6 +134,6 @@ diagnose.ContactReadyView = Backbone.View.extend({
 $(function(){
   new diagnose.NeedsDiagnosisView();
   new diagnose.ContactReadyView();
-  new diagnose.UntriagedView();
+  new diagnose.NewView();
   new diagnose.SiteWaitView();
 });
diff --git a/webcompat/static/js/lib/issue-list.js b/webcompat/static/js/lib/issue-list.js
index eb001174b..2c152f74b 100644
--- a/webcompat/static/js/lib/issue-list.js
+++ b/webcompat/static/js/lib/issue-list.js
@@ -276,10 +276,10 @@ issueList.IssueView = Backbone.View.extend({
   },
   template: _.template($('#issuelist-issue-tmpl').html()),
   loadIssues: function() {
-    // First checks URL params, e.g., /?untriaged=1 and activates the untriaged filter,
+    // First checks URL params, e.g., /?new=1 and activates the new filter,
     // or loads default unsorted/unfiltered issues
     var category;
-    var filterRegex = /\?(untriaged|needsdiagnosis|contactready|sitewait|closed)=1/;
+    var filterRegex = /\?(new|needsdiagnosis|contactready|sitewait|closed)=1/;
     if (category = window.location.search.match(filterRegex)) {
       // If there was a match, load the relevant results and fire an event
       // to notify the button to activate.
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ issueList.IssueView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
     // note: until GitHub fixes a bug where requesting issues filtered by labels
     // doesn't return pagination via Link, we get those results via the Search API.
-    var searchCategories = ['untriaged', 'contactready', 'needsdiagnosis', 'sitewait'];
+    var searchCategories = ['new', 'contactready', 'needsdiagnosis', 'sitewait'];
     var params = $.extend(this.issues.params, this.getPageLimit());
 
     // note: if query is the empty string, it will load all issues from the
diff --git a/webcompat/static/js/lib/models/issue.js b/webcompat/static/js/lib/models/issue.js
index 01ee6b1ef..0fa14ca4b 100644
--- a/webcompat/static/js/lib/models/issue.js
+++ b/webcompat/static/js/lib/models/issue.js
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
       this.set('stateClass', 'need');
       return 'Needs Diagnosis';
     }
-    //Untriaged is the default value.
-    this.set('stateClass', 'untriaged');
-    return 'Untriaged Issue';
+    //New is the default value.
+    this.set('stateClass', 'new');
+    return 'New Issue';
   },
   parse: function(response) {
     this.set({
diff --git a/webcompat/templates/browse-issues.html b/webcompat/templates/browse-issues.html
index b20af65dd..f7dcd28f4 100644
--- a/webcompat/templates/browse-issues.html
+++ b/webcompat/templates/browse-issues.html
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   <div class="wc-content" id="browse-issues">
     <h2 class="wc-Title--l">Browse Issues</h2>
     <ul class="r-ResetList u-inlineBlock">
-      <li class="IssueItem IssueItem--list IssueItem--untriaged">
-        <a href="{{ url_for('show_issues') }}?untriaged=1">Untriaged</a>
+      <li class="IssueItem IssueItem--list IssueItem--new">
+        <a href="{{ url_for('show_issues') }}?new=1">New</a>
       </li>
       <li class="IssueItem IssueItem--list IssueItem--need">
         <a href="{{ url_for('show_issues') }}?needsdiagnosis=1">Needs&nbsp;Diagnosis</a>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ <h2 class="wc-Title--l">Browse Issues</h2>
     </ul>
     {% include "browse-issues/my-issues.html" %}
     <div class="r-Grid r-Grid--withGutter">
-      {% include "browse-issues/untriaged.html" %}
+      {% include "browse-issues/new.html" %}
       {% include "browse-issues/needs-diagnosis.html" %}
     </div>
     <div class="r-Grid r-Grid--withGutter">
diff --git a/webcompat/templates/browse-issues/untriaged.html b/webcompat/templates/browse-issues/new.html
similarity index 64%
rename from webcompat/templates/browse-issues/untriaged.html
rename to webcompat/templates/browse-issues/new.html
index 8dad429ce..16dd5e5bb 100644
--- a/webcompat/templates/browse-issues/untriaged.html
+++ b/webcompat/templates/browse-issues/new.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<div id="untriaged" class="r-Grid-cell r-all--1of2 r-maxM--2of2">
-  <script type="text/template" id="untriaged-tmpl">
+<div id="new" class="r-Grid-cell r-all--1of2 r-maxM--2of2">
+  <script type="text/template" id="new-tmpl">
   <h3 class="wc-titleIssue">
-    <a class="wc-titleIssue-link" href="{{ url_for('show_issues') }}?untriaged=1">Untriaged Issues</a>
+    <a class="wc-titleIssue-link" href="{{ url_for('show_issues') }}?new=1">New Issues</a>
   </h3>
-  <% if (untriaged.length) { %>
-    <% _.each(untriaged, function(issue) { %>
-    <div class="IssueItem IssueItem--untriaged">
+  <% if (newIssues.length) { %>
+    <% _.each(newIssues, function(issue) { %>
+    <div class="IssueItem IssueItem--new">
       <p class="IssueItem-header">
         <a href="/issues/<%= issue.number %>"><span class="IssueItem-count">Issue <%= issue.number %></span>: <%- issue.title %></a>
       </p>
diff --git a/webcompat/templates/contributors/diagnose-bug.html b/webcompat/templates/contributors/diagnose-bug.html
index 63a9ea047..58e81fe75 100644
--- a/webcompat/templates/contributors/diagnose-bug.html
+++ b/webcompat/templates/contributors/diagnose-bug.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <ul class="contributors__list">
-  <li class="contributors__list__item"><span>Find a bug with a "needsdiagnosis" label or that is otherwise untriaged</span></li>
+  <li class="contributors__list__item"><span>Find a bug with a "needsdiagnosis" label or that is otherwise new</span></li>
   <li class="contributors__list__item"><span>Check to see if bug has been reproduced already</span></li>
   <li class="contributors__list__item"><span>If not, try to reproduce the bug</span></li>
   <li class="contributors__list__item"><span>If bug is NOT reproducible, write a comment on the issue</span></li>
diff --git a/webcompat/templates/issue-list.html b/webcompat/templates/issue-list.html
index f4092afb4..a53afb7bd 100644
--- a/webcompat/templates/issue-list.html
+++ b/webcompat/templates/issue-list.html
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
       <script type="text/template" id="issuelist-filter-tmpl">
       <div class="Dropdown Dropdown--large js-dropdown-wrapper"></div>
       <div>
-        <button type="button" class="wc-Filter wc-Filter--untriaged js-filter-button" data-filter="untriaged">
-          <span class="wc-Filter-count"></span> Untriaged</span>
+        <button type="button" class="wc-Filter wc-Filter--new js-filter-button" data-filter="new">
+          <span class="wc-Filter-count"></span> New</span>
         </button>
         <button type="button" class="wc-Filter wc-Filter--need js-filter-button" data-filter="needsdiagnosis">
           <span class="wc-Filter-count"></span> Needs Diagnosis</span>