diff --git a/aio/content/marketing/test.html b/aio/content/marketing/test.html
index 74e5c435a7..872c66c45a 100644
--- a/aio/content/marketing/test.html
+++ b/aio/content/marketing/test.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   }
   </code-pane>
   <code-pane title='HTML content file' language='html'>&lt;h1&gt;Heading&lt;/h1&gt;</code-pane>
-  <code-pane title='JSON data file' language='json' class='is-anti-pattern'>{ "key": "value" }</code-pane>
+  <code-pane title='JSON data file' language='json' class='avoid'>{ "key": "value" }</code-pane>
 </code-tabs>
 <p></p>
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   }
   </code-pane>
   <code-pane title='HTML content file' language='html'>&lt;h1&gt;Heading&lt;/h1&gt;</code-pane>
-  <code-pane title='JSON data file' language='json' class='is-anti-pattern'>{ "key": "value" }</code-pane>
+  <code-pane title='JSON data file' language='json' class='avoid'>{ "key": "value" }</code-pane>
 </code-tabs>
 <p></p>
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   }
   </code-pane>
   <code-pane title='HTML content file' language='html' linenums='true'>&lt;h1&gt;Heading&lt;/h1&gt;</code-pane>
-  <code-pane title='JSON data file' language='json' class='is-anti-pattern'>{ "key": "value" }</code-pane>
+  <code-pane title='JSON data file' language='json' class='avoid'>{ "key": "value" }</code-pane>
 </code-tabs>
 <p></p>
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 </code-example>
 
 <p>An "avoid" header on this one.</p>
-<code-example class="is-anti-pattern" title="hero-details.component.ts (Avoid)">
+<code-example class="avoid" title="hero-details.component.ts (Avoid)">
   &lt;hero-details <em>nghost-pmm-5&gt;
     &lt;h2 </em>ngcontent-pmm-5&gt;Mister Fantastic&lt;/h2&gt;
     &lt;hero-team <em>ngcontent-pmm-5 </em>nghost-pmm-6&gt;
diff --git a/aio/src/app/embedded/code/code-example.component.ts b/aio/src/app/embedded/code/code-example.component.ts
index bdf44d1caf..95d954f840 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/embedded/code/code-example.component.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/embedded/code/code-example.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* tslint:disable component-selector */
-import { Component, ElementRef, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, ElementRef, HostBinding, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { getBoolFromAttribute } from 'app/shared/attribute-utils';
 
 /**
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ import { getBoolFromAttribute } from 'app/shared/attribute-utils';
   selector: 'code-example',
   template: `
     <header *ngIf="title">{{title}}</header>
-    <aio-code [ngClass]="{'headed-code':title, 'simple-code':!title}" [code]="code"
+    <aio-code [ngClass]="classes" [code]="code"
     [language]="language" [linenums]="linenums" [path]="path" [region]="region" [hideCopy]="hideCopy"></aio-code>
   `
 })
 export class CodeExampleComponent implements OnInit {
 
+  classes: {};
   code: string;
   language: string;
   linenums: boolean | number;
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ export class CodeExampleComponent implements OnInit {
   title: string;
   hideCopy: boolean;
 
+  @HostBinding('class.avoidFile')
+  isAvoid = false;
+
   constructor(private elementRef: ElementRef) {
     const element = this.elementRef.nativeElement;
 
@@ -39,7 +43,14 @@ export class CodeExampleComponent implements OnInit {
     this.path = element.getAttribute('path') || '';
     this.region = element.getAttribute('region') || '';
     this.title = element.getAttribute('title') || '';
-    this.hideCopy = getBoolFromAttribute(element, ['hidecopy', 'hide-copy']);
+
+    this.isAvoid = this.path.indexOf('.avoid.') !== -1;
+    this.hideCopy = this.isAvoid || getBoolFromAttribute(element, ['hidecopy', 'hide-copy']);
+
+    this.classes = {
+      'headed-code': !!this.title,
+      'simple-code': !this.title,
+    };
   }
 
   ngOnInit() {
diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/attribute-utils.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/attribute-utils.spec.ts
index c677f44a15..b8d4c883eb 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/attribute-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/attribute-utils.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('Attribute Utilities', () => {
     testEl = div.querySelector('div');
   });
 
-  describe('#getAttrs', () => {
+  describe('getAttrs', () => {
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       this.expectedMap = {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('Attribute Utilities', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('#getAttrValue', () => {
+  describe('getAttrValue', () => {
     let attrMap: { [index: string]: string };
 
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('Attribute Utilities', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return empty string value for attribute "A"', () => {
-      expect(getAttrValue(attrMap, 'a')).toBe('');
+      expect(getAttrValue(attrMap, 'A')).toBe('');
     });
 
     it('should return "true" for attribute "b"', () => {
@@ -54,11 +54,10 @@ describe('Attribute Utilities', () => {
     });
 
     it('should return empty string value for attribute "d-E"', () => {
-      expect(getAttrValue(attrMap, 'd-e')).toBe('');
+      expect(getAttrValue(attrMap, 'd-E')).toBe('');
     });
 
     it('should return empty string for attribute ["d-e"]', () => {
-      // because d-e will be found before d
       expect(getAttrValue(attrMap, ['d-e'])).toBe('');
     });
 
@@ -82,48 +81,48 @@ describe('Attribute Utilities', () => {
 
   });
 
-  describe('#boolFromValue', () => {
-    let attrMap: { [index: string]: string };
+  describe('boolFromValue', () => {
 
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      attrMap = getAttrs(testEl);
+    it('should return true for "" as in present but unassigned attr "a"', () => {
+      expect(boolFromValue('')).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('should return true for present but unassigned attr "a"', () => {
-      expect(boolFromValue(getAttrValue(attrMap, 'a'))).toBe(true);
+    it('should return false for "false" as in attr "c"', () => {
+      expect(boolFromValue('false')).toBe(false);
+    });
+    it('should return true for "true" as in attr "b"', () => {
+      expect(boolFromValue('true')).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('should return true for attr "b" which is "true"', () => {
-      expect(boolFromValue(getAttrValue(attrMap, 'b'))).toBe(true);
+    it('should return true for something other than "false"', () => {
+      expect(boolFromValue('foo')).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('should return false for attr "c" which is "false"', () => {
-      expect(boolFromValue(getAttrValue(attrMap, 'c'))).toBe(false);
+    it('should return true for "False" because case-sensitive', () => {
+      expect(boolFromValue('False')).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('should return false by default for undefined attr "x"', () => {
-      expect(boolFromValue(getAttrValue(attrMap, 'x'))).toBe(false);
+
+    it('should return false by default as in undefined attr "x"', () => {
+      expect(boolFromValue(undefined)).toBe(false);
     });
 
-    it('should return true for undefined attr "x" when default is true', () => {
-      const value = getAttrValue(attrMap, 'x');
-      expect(boolFromValue(value, true)).toBe(true);
+    it('should return true for undefined value when default is true', () => {
+      expect(boolFromValue(undefined, true)).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('should return false for undefined attr "x" when default is false', () => {
-      const value = getAttrValue(attrMap, 'x');
-      expect(boolFromValue(value, false)).toBe(false);
+    it('should return false for undefined value when default is false', () => {
+      expect(boolFromValue(undefined, false)).toBe(false);
     });
 
-    it('should return true for present but unassigned attr "a" even when default is false', () => {
+    it('should return true for "" as in unassigned attr "a" even when default is false', () => {
       // default value is only applied when the attribute is missing
-      const value = getAttrValue(attrMap, 'a');
-      expect(boolFromValue(value, false)).toBe(true);
+      expect(boolFromValue('', false)).toBe(true);
     });
   });
 
   // Combines the three utilities for convenience.
-  describe('#getBoolFromAttribute', () => {
+  describe('getBoolFromAttribute', () => {
     it('should return true for present but unassigned attr "a"', () => {
       expect(getBoolFromAttribute(testEl, 'a')).toBe(true);
     });
diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/attribute-utils.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/attribute-utils.ts
index 8abf7af2d9..fa16c2547f 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/attribute-utils.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/attribute-utils.ts
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@ export function getAttrs(el:  HTMLElement | ElementRef): StringMap {
 }
 
 /**
- * Return the attribute that matches `atty`.
- * @param atty Name of the attribute or a string of candidate attribute names
+ * Return the attribute that matches `attr`.
+ * @param attr Name of the attribute or a string of candidate attribute names
  */
 export function getAttrValue(attrs: StringMap, attr: string | string[] = ''): string {
-  return attrs[typeof attr === 'string' ? attr : attr.find(a => attrs[a] !== undefined)];
+  return attrs[typeof attr === 'string' ?
+    attr.toLowerCase() :
+    attr.find(a => attrs[a.toLowerCase()] !== undefined)
+  ];
 }
 
 /**
  * Return the boolean state of an attribute value (if supplied)
- * @param attyValue The string value of some attribute (or undefined if attribute not present)
+ * @param attrValue The string value of some attribute (or undefined if attribute not present)
  * @param def Default boolean value when attribute is undefined.
  */
 export function boolFromValue(attrValue: string, def: boolean = false) {
diff --git a/aio/src/styles/2-modules/_code.scss b/aio/src/styles/2-modules/_code.scss
index 060969d8af..b18bacaf95 100644
--- a/aio/src/styles/2-modules/_code.scss
+++ b/aio/src/styles/2-modules/_code.scss
@@ -28,13 +28,16 @@ code-example header {
   margin: -17px;
 }
 
-code-example.is-anti-pattern header {
+code-example.avoid header,
+code-example.avoidFile header {
   border: 2px solid $anti-pattern;
   background: $anti-pattern;
 }
 
-code-example.is-anti-pattern,
-code-tabs.is-anti-pattern md-tab-body {
+code-example.avoid,
+code-example.avoidFile,
+code-tabs.avoid md-tab-body,
+code-tabs.avoidFile md-tab-body {
   border: 0.5px solid $anti-pattern;
 }
 
@@ -223,4 +226,4 @@ code-tabs md-tab-group *.mat-ripple-element, code-tabs md-tab-group *.mat-tab-bo
 
 [role="tabpanel"] {
     transition: none;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}