# what's this suppose to mean ????????????? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 27, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379 "2006-06-27T19:57:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379/1 "2006-06-27T19:57:39Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7521928#post7521928](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7521928#post7521928) 😕😕😕😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379/2 "2006-06-27T20:01:58Z")
It’s pretty self-explanatory. You can’t link directly to NSFW (Not Safe For Work) images and OP’s are supposed to cosnsist of more than just a link. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379/3 "2006-06-27T20:11:48Z")
teh irony… it burns… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379/4 "2006-06-27T20:17:27Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > It’s pretty self-explanatory. You can’t link directly to NSFW (Not Safe For Work) images… I think the OP just wanted to know what “NSFW” meant. That’s not self-explantory. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379/5 "2006-06-27T20:24:43Z")
True, but… > [@](#): > > 1.) Please make your OPs a bit more substantive than a simple link. that’s pretty darn self-explanatory. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379/6 "2006-06-27T23:21:34Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > I think the OP just wanted to know what “NSFW” meant. That’s not self-explantory. Enlightenment is but a google away. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379/7 "2006-06-28T02:49:26Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Enlightenment is but a google away. Googling “NSFW” probably would explain what it was, but not in a SFW way. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379/8 "2006-06-28T03:34:02Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Googling “NSFW” probably would explain what it was, but not in a SFW way. 😛 Actually, all the links on the first page of that search, strangely enough, are SFW. Can’t say about what THEY link to though. Probably the most NSFW link is to a Register article about ebay’s reflectoporn. There’s also a link to someone’s [del.icio.us](http://del.icio.us) page for the tag NSFW, but there’s only one site on it. I also find it amusing that [nsfw.org](http://nsfw.org) is the National Schools Film Week website. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-suppose-to-mean/362379/9 "2006-06-28T13:03:48Z")
It means “Not Safe For Work” ie sites containing nudity, rude words, extreme political opinions or other things that could potentially get you in trouble with your boss if you browsed it while you’re supposed to be working.