# Language filter? Is the word "\*\*\*\*" allowed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 26, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845 "2012-09-26T02:01:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/1 "2012-09-26T02:01:45Z")
New poster here, testing the waters. Is there a language filter on this site? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/2 "2012-09-26T02:02:38Z")
Cute. Yes, you’re allowed to type four asterisks in a row if you like. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/3 "2012-09-26T02:03:13Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/4 "2012-09-26T02:06:26Z")
Semprini? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/5 "2012-09-26T02:08:09Z")
I’m a renegade from another forum. Most of the moderators and posters there were full of \*\*\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/6 "2012-09-26T02:08:47Z")
Moved to About This Message Board. No, there is no language filter on this site. Colibri Moderator ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/7 "2012-09-26T02:12:31Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Semprini? I think I’m going to like this forum. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/8 "2012-09-26T02:13:34Z")
Thanks Colibri! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/9 "2012-09-26T02:21:24Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > No, there is no language filter on this site. The moderators ARE the language filter. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/10 "2012-09-26T02:23:16Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The moderators ARE the language filter. 🆒 No, they are the fucking hall monitor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/11 "2012-09-26T02:23:32Z")
So, I can use the phrase “shit happens.” I don’t have to say “shyte happens” or “\*\*\*\* happens.” Great! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/12 "2012-09-26T02:32:27Z")
You can use \*\*\*\*, \*\*\*\*, \*\*\*\* and \*\*\*\*, but you must not call someone a \*\*\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/13 "2012-09-26T02:32:49Z")
Damn hell ass!! ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/14 "2012-09-26T02:35:14Z")
I filter myself and get called on it all the time. I am a self admitted cursing prude. For example: a-hole GD OMFG dammit shite motherfudger etc etc ---
**Author:** ![SubaRhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SubaRhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SubaRhubarb)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/15 "2012-09-26T03:04:56Z")
> **[Restricted language in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508858)** > > The following expressions should not be directed at other posters. cunt and variants, e.g., cuntlapper motherfucker cocksucker fuck you and variants, e.g., go fuck yourself, fuck off and die suck/lick my dick/cock and variants Expressions not... The pit, of all places, has language restrictions, but no filter. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/16 "2012-09-26T03:16:06Z")
Thanks Dopers! In which forum would I post a thread about humorous religious shit? Is there an existing thread for religious humor? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/17 "2012-09-26T03:44:14Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > So, I can use the phrase “shit happens.” No problem. There are no specific prohibited words on this site. However, we prefer that you not go all Tourette’s on us in forums other than the Pit. > [@saucywench](#): > > In which forum would I post a thread about humorous religious shit? Jokes and humor generally go in MPSIMS. (However, if your main purpose is to rag on religion it might be better off in the Pit.) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/18 "2012-09-26T04:37:37Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Thanks Dopers! > In which forum would I post a thread about humorous religious shit? > Is there an existing thread for religious humor? Just so you know, this board has a really religious bent to it. I don’t know if you’ll fit in if you’re just here to mock religion. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/19 "2012-09-26T04:53:12Z")
[😉](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKHoMi-U8g4) \ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/20 "2012-09-26T04:59:42Z")
A board where the participants are called “Dopers” would have a language filter? GMAFB. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845.md?page=2)