The word is irrelevant. She gave him a warning for disobeying a moderator, not for swearing.
I’m very uncomfortable with that precedent, where a moderator can create a rule that doesn’t officially exist, tell posters about it in a thread, and then warn you if you break it.
For example, in Survivor threads the normal procedure is to openly discuss the “next week on…” previews. If the OP explicitly says to spoiler boxes for them we do, but if it isn’t mentioned it gets openly discussed. Yesterday’s episode had a particularly interesting preview for next week, that has already been openly discussed in the thread.
For whatever reason, twickster felt the need to come into the thread and post this:
Emphasis on “any.” If we continue to discuss the preview, and then if someone complains that it wasn’t spoilerboxed, are we now in danger of getting official warnings for disobeying a moderator?
This is a real question/concern.