# Editing "very bad words" out of thread titles **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 4, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519 "2013-12-04T22:10:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/1 "2013-12-04T22:10:04Z")
Since when? [Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=709496) Originally titled: **RO: Rebecca Watson of Skepchick, You are a cunt** > [@RO: Rebecca Watson of Skepchick, You are a \[very bad word\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/53): > > [Moderating] > At the request of a few posters to this thread, as well as the OP, I’ve removed the word “cunt” from the thread title, thus ending sexism in North America. > [/Moderating] The OP should have thought of that before he titled the thread, and the other posters should realize that very bad words are not forbidden on this board, neither in posts nor in titles. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/2 "2013-12-04T22:11:16Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Since when? > > [Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=709496) > > Originally titled: **RO: Rebecca Watson of Skepchick, You are a cunt** > > The OP should have thought of that before he titled the thread, and the other posters should realize that very bad words are not forbidden on this board, neither in posts nor in titles. What exactly are you complaining about, Frank? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/3 "2013-12-04T22:12:59Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > What exactly are you complaining about, Frank? :dubious: The editing of “very bad words” out of thread titles. Did that help? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/4 "2013-12-04T22:16:00Z")
Is this a new era of arbitrary censorship? Will this have a chilling effect on free discourse here on the Straight [Slang Term for Illegal Narcotics]? Stay tuned! - V\_\_\_\_ T\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/5 "2013-12-04T22:16:25Z")
There was a thread about NSFW thread titles years back. I think the consensus wasn’t to sanitize titles, but that posters should not be too graphic. Not sure where this example falls. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/6 "2013-12-04T22:22:37Z")
Poor decision that caves to the offenderati. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/7 "2013-12-04T22:35:16Z")
I thought “cunt” was a banned word here anyway? Or no? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/8 "2013-12-04T22:35:45Z")
Requests by the OP to edit their title are known to be heeded at mod discretion. I applaud this decision. MfM Registered Offenderati ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/9 "2013-12-04T22:37:39Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I thought “cunt” was a banned word here anyway? Or no? No. It is only barred as a term to use about another poster. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/10 "2013-12-04T22:38:19Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I thought “cunt” was a banned word here anyway? Or no? Only if you use it as an epithet at another poster. In other words, it’s not a banned word, it’s a banned name! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/11 "2013-12-04T22:41:03Z")
Ah, I see. Thanks, I was under the impression I couldn’t use it at all. I feel so free now! Cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt, cunt! Whhee haa! Thanks. That felt good. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/12 "2013-12-04T23:02:48Z")
You don’t have to be a dick about it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/13 "2013-12-04T23:04:11Z")
Don’t oppress my freedom! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/14 "2013-12-05T01:51:37Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > You don’t have to be a dick about it. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/15 "2013-12-05T01:53:49Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > :dubious: c-nt, dick. They go perfectly together! (I assumed it was a joke). ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/16 "2013-12-05T02:02:18Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > c-nt, dick. They go perfectly together! > > (I assumed it was a joke). joke jōk/Submit noun 1. a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, esp. a story with a funny punchline. “If it bends, it’s funny. If it breaks, it’s not funny.” --Woody Allen, _Crimes and Misdemeanors_ ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/17 "2013-12-05T02:06:50Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > joke > jōk/Submit > noun > 1. > a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, esp. a story with a funny punchline. > > “If it bends, it’s funny. If it breaks, it’s not funny.” --Woody Allen, _Crimes and Misdemeanors_ and thats especially true with dicks. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/18 "2013-12-05T03:06:01Z")
I take it those are all the times our Bangkok correspondent had to hold himself back from using that term on these boards, and he finally was able to let it out. But yeah, the thread author is among those who requests the editing, that should be cool. I’m not on the side of the eradication of this particular word altogether, but if the author wishes to bend to audience opinion it is their choice. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > c-nt What, there’s now an orthodox sect that worships her as their deity? We now return you to the dicking about already in progress… ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/19 "2013-12-05T03:17:04Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > What, there’s now an orthodox sect that worships her as their deity?. Mazel tov! Really, very funny! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519/20 "2013-12-05T05:17:22Z")
> [@simster](#): > > and thats especially true with dicks. FWIW I have been advised “If it has tires or testicles, it’s going to give you trouble.” So assuming that is the case … That’s another joke. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-very-bad-words-out-of-thread-titles/675519.md?page=2)