I have been warned by mylot
By uiwwitch
@uiwwitch (892)
United States
August 24, 2007 8:05am CST
Yes, I have been asked to change the word pric* (as in pricking) from my response to a discussion on tattoos. I just thought it was weird.
But I guess that word can be used for name-calling other mylotters so maybe it's justified. I just never thought it would be one of the "can't use" words here on mylot.
I know there are more words that we never imagined would fall on that list. What other words have you guys been warned about?
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8 responses
@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
24 Aug 07
I recently talked about cleaning and mentioned spi(c) and span:meaning very clean.I dont know what the problem was but i ended up deleting my discussion before i started it.
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
25 Aug 07
Definitions of spi(c) on the Web:
* offensive terms for persons of Latin American descent
* immaculate: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spi(ck)-and-span kitchen"; "their spi(c) red-visored caps" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* The following is a list of ethnic slurs that are, or have been, used to refer to members of a given ethnicity (or in some cases, nationality, region, or religion) in a derogatory or pejorative manner. The term is listed, followed by its primary user(s) and a definition.
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There you go, it's like offensive for some members of the Latin America that's why it's not allowed.
=)
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
25 Aug 07
Thank you for telling me!I never knew there was another meaning.I will have to put a dictionary beside me to look up all my words from now on!I guess we have to be REALLY careful.
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@uiwwitch (892)
• United States
27 Aug 07
oh well, I guess we just have to laugh about situations like this. Whoever made the list of banned words have done it with good intentions in mind. People can get a little rowdy some time and a little control needs to be implemented.
Thanks for all the replies..have a nice day y'all!
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@remaster74 (4064)
• Greece
24 Aug 07
Yeah, ok! I thyink it's not bad as a word, but hey... once upon a time I remember there was someone that used the words f..., as...e etc... they haven't done anything to him and one day we all got together and we managd to shut him out.
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@sunshinecup (7871)
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24 Aug 07
Well once while talking about a farm I tried to use that word that means mule, and yep I was warned. However duh me, I should have known that. Just I got caught up in telling my story about an animal and well....
I also know the story of Moby *you know the whale* is impossible to get posted as well.
But hey what can we do? There are so many trolls that would just love the chance to use these against someone, it's impossible to allow them.
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
3 Jan 08
Unfortionately, you've chosen a word that's been known to light a few fires under seats at MyLot. This word represents a nasty term for a male organ. Some here are very...touchy when it comes to such terms.
@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
3 Jan 08
It doesn't matter what other meanings the word has. (My browser is really misbehaving today! Hence the multiple posts.)
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@Thirteenth (291)
• Malaysia
24 Aug 07
They warned you for that? Even though it wasn't used as an insult, and meant something totally different? Haha, that's funny. You do realise that you just used that word again in this discussion? Tell me if they warn you for using the word "pr***ing", I could use a good laugh.
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@sandwedge (1339)
• Malaysia
25 Aug 07
the mylot filters are not exactly perfect. they tend to be a little over zealous.
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