# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/21 "2012-09-26T06:40:26Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > 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 Shite is in your list? Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/22 "2012-09-26T07:47:42Z")
Oh, outside the Pit you need to keep gratuitous cursing out of the thread titles. We’re not strictly family friendly, but we try to keep the boards safe for work in case your boss peeks over your shoulder. ---
**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, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/23 "2012-09-26T09:38:47Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > Oh, outside the Pit you need to keep gratuitous cursing out of the thread titles. We’re not strictly family friendly, but we try to keep the boards safe for work in case your boss peeks over your shoulder. Could you cite a rule for that? Because [this search result for the word “fuck” in thread titles](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=8583065) found 16 instances outside of the Pit on the first page, the most recent of which is [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664998&highlight=Fuck) in GD from earlier this month, without any mention of such a rule by any mod. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/24 "2012-09-26T11:40:13Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > I’m a renegade from another forum. Most of the moderators and posters there were full of \*\*\*\*. My God! They were full of stars? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/25 "2012-09-26T12:08:42Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > My God! They were full of stars? Only the monolithic ones. Booger! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/26 "2012-09-26T12:20:47Z")
You can’t say \*\*\*\* on this website, or \*\*\*\*, or \*\*\*\*, or \*\*\*\* You can’t even say I’d like to \*\*\*\* you someday Unless you’re a doctor with a very large \*\*\*\* (apologies to Eric Idle) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/27 "2012-09-26T12:21:04Z")
Well, gosh golly gee whiz! ---
**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/28 "2012-09-26T12:29:30Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > No, they are the fucking hall monitor. 😃 Replete with Funky Winkerbean style machine gun. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/29 "2012-09-26T14:28:06Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I filter myself and get called on it all the time. Can we call you a mother-filter? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/30 "2012-09-26T14:57:24Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > 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 You do realize that shite is a curse word in other parts of the word. Also if you’re going to type shite and mpotherfudger then you, me and everyone else in the world knows you mean shit and motherfucker so technically you are cussing. Same as using \*\*\*\*. We all know by the context if you mean shit, fuck, cunt and probably several others. You are cussing and you’re not fooling anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/31 "2012-09-26T15:49:47Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > You do realize that shite is a curse word in other parts of the word. Also if you’re going to type shite and mpotherfudger then you, me and everyone else in the world knows you mean shit and motherfucker so technically you are cussing. But for some reason, Jesus doesn’t, which is the important thing. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/32 "2012-09-26T16:12:05Z")
You might find it useful to read some of the sticky notes in each of the forum areas – they’re your road map to that particular area. While we do have rules that govern the site as a whole (which you can read [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650726)), each forum has its own situations that apply there. So please take a minute and look around. Hope you enjoy your time here at the Straight Dope, hell yeah! ---
**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, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/33 "2012-09-26T16:27:05Z")
At least there is no loud BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEEP BEEP sound there way there is on a lot of US reality TV. All this concern for virgin ears is just plain stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/34 "2012-09-26T16:44:10Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > No, they are the fucking hall monitor. 😃 We have a fucking hall? :smack: I always wondered why people came out of that part of the board looking all sweaty and rumpled! I thought it was the gym. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/35 "2012-09-26T16:49:17Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > Oh, outside the Pit you need to keep gratuitous cursing out of the thread titles. We’re not strictly family friendly, but we try to keep the boards safe for work in case your boss peeks over your shoulder. > [@Oakminster](#): > > Could you cite a rule for that? Because [this search result for the word “fuck” in thread titles](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=8583065) found 16 instances outside of the Pit on the first page, the most recent of which is [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664998&highlight=Fuck) in GD from earlier this month, without any mention of such a rule by any mod. I remember at least one discussion a while back, in which some Dopers requested either a rule, or voluntary compliance, that people not use naughty words in thread titles, for reasons related to work-safeness, not tripping their company’s language filter, etc. Other Dopers responded to the suggestion by saying, essentially, “Four-asterisks-in-a-row that.” ---
**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/36 "2012-09-26T17:27:14Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I remember at least one discussion a while back, in which some Dopers requested either a rule, or voluntary compliance, that people not use naughty words in thread titles, for reasons related to work-safeness, not tripping their company’s language filter, etc. Other Dopers responded to the suggestion by saying, essentially, “Four-asterisks-in-a-row that.” Yeah, I don’t think there is a rule on point. I usually avoid doing it anyway, but I have given in to temptation at least once in recent memory. ---
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/37 "2012-09-26T17:39:29Z")
> [@ColdPhoenix](#): > > Shite is in your list? Ha! It’s not American English so it counts 😛 If I say Shite in the states most people don’t catch on to what I am saying. Also, I use Sheisse a lot. The fact that most Americans are pretty monolingual fares in my favor when I am looking for alternative curse words, 😃 ---
**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, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/38 "2012-09-26T17:41:46Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Can we call you a mother-filter? Sure! **April ‘Mother-Filter’ R** I like it:) ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/39 "2012-09-26T19:35:43Z")
**saucywench** , what was the board you’re coming from? I belonged to one before The Dope and the word filter was brutal. Annoyingly, stupidly brutal. ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845/40 "2012-09-26T20:00:01Z")
Hi Soylent Juicy- Am I allowed to say the name of the other board here? On the other board, the mere mention of another site would be grounds for flogging. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845.md?page=3)