# Am I allowed to use the word "\*\*\*\*"?

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**Created:** [July 5, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allowed-to-use-the-word/836588 "2019-07-05T20:22:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allowed-to-use-the-word/836588/36 "2019-07-06T04:05:19Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Also, directing it against some off-board individual isn’t against the rules, either.

Here was the actual 2-part-exchange-in-one-post:

> [@What's the mechanism of action of a massage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mechanism-of-action-of-a-massage/836529/9):
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> > [@What's the mechanism of action of a massage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mechanism-of-action-of-a-massage/836529/7):
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> > Another cause of muscle pain are trigger points, little hardened nodules, that can be physically broken down.
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> Yeah, those are the cunts I’m talking about.

Really having a hard time seeing any justification for the mod note except for it being **Chronos** ’s personal preference.

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