Okay, MyLot needs to explain this one to me, I can't use the word W-O-P???

I think that W.O.P is a derogatory word, an ethnic slur that refers to Italians, or Italian Americans, for some bizarre reason. I don't know the history of the word, or where it came from, but I believe the last time I heard the word, it was in that context. I had an earlier problem when I was talking about tossing a salad, as in TOSSINg a green salad in a bowl with dressing. Seems THAT also meant something bad and I could way toss----the-----salad. MyLot has strange censoring rules.

It is a term used to refer to people of Italian descent. I ran into the same problem, but I was using the word in reference to music that was popular in the 50s. I think that Mylot needs to use a little artificial intelligence when deciding what is offensive. The same problem occurs when talking about a certain part of the poultry when discussing food or recipes. The part I will refer to as the chest. --- you get the idea. I thought it was funny when chicken recipes were labeled with mature contents.

This term is probably considered racist. Like the "N" word, that word refers to, I believe, Italians. My memory is a bit foggy because I haven't heard the term used in many, many years. But it is a racist word... when you think about it, because I really had to think about it for a minute repeating it over and over again until it hit me. Perhaps the word you should use for the term to hit would be whop, with an 'h'.

W*op is to Italian the same as saying the N word to a black or an African American. If we, being white, cannot say the N word unless one is writing a story about the civil war, or when it was all right to say it, then no one else should use the W*op word or other words that are demeaning to different ethnic groups.

it is insulting to some people much as the N word is to blacks

I read all of the responces and I still don't know what it means...so maybe someone can message it to me lol cause I'm confused....

I've never even heard of that word before. What does it mean to you?

[i]Hi drknlvly, I am so sorry but I have no idea about that! hmm..what does it mean really? Maybe it is something very offensive and will hurt anyone..ANyway, I hope you will find the answer that will clear your mind! I will try to read responses here after posting to learn more![/i]

I see you have figured it out already. I was typing out SP!C and Span one time as in the cleaner and I could not post it because of the word SP!C.

i don't know what it means either! It is strange i have never heard it used before and don't know who it would offend, i think it is better off just to follow the giudelines i had a previous account cancled with no warning and had around $20.00 in there

not too long ago i was reading a discussion about a chicken brea$t recipe. that's right.....you can't use the word brea$t even if you're talking about a chicken recipe. i think myLot needs to loosen the censoring screw a liitle bit......i mean most of us are adults and they do have an "adult content" box that i checked in my profile. so i can share my chicken caccitore recipe with you, i just can't tell you what the main ingredient is. the funny thing is, you can't say brea$t but you can say boob.

I looked it up and apparently according to urban dictionary it is An epithet used for those of Italian descent. it stands for WithOut Papers. Many Italian immigrants had no papers to identify themselves and were branded as W-o-p-s

Thats one i woulda never thought of! I'm waiting to see what others say about this!

w-o-p came from derogertory comments about italians that migrated to america/canada - i believe in stands for without passport.like in any culture there are hurtful words. but the italians call us mangecakes- not sure why though

Hi drknlvly6781, It doesn't really matter if the word you wanted to use is provocative in any of the 133,242,523,177,231,229 ways. Some words can be so innocuous that I have a hard time nursing my bruised ribs (from over-laughing at the incredible censorship). I don't know why censorship is even necessary. We are all big boys and girls here. True, there are some younger friends among us but is myLot that much a family friendly site? Are R21, NC16 or even PG frowned upon? Beats me really but that's the stand taken by myLot. In my opinion, we shouldn't bother to censor the words. If a member breaks rules i.e. something is posted and the essence of the posting taken in its entirely is wrong, then fine, just delete that discussion. Don't make posting so cumbersome by inflicting censorship on the innocent masses.

Hi drknlvly! I see you've found out what you needed to but I'm gonna offer some cartoon style alternatives with meanings :- Whap ! Scutch! (scutch to the side o' the head) Bam !(my personal fave) Wham! Womp! (I womped him real good). If I put anymore I'm in danger of re-enacting the old batman show!

I was describing my cat on a discussion once, and used the term Maine C00n. I was censored. For this example I used zeroes instead of the letter o. I guess that is some sort of derogatory word as well. Had it gone through, I would have been offending someone as well, and not knowing that I was. I think it is a good practice, but I do not see any harm in the word, "beast" I think the word you were trying to use is whop.

sorry never encountered that word.maybe some a short cut words like sms sorry not much i dea about it dear.

LOL Isn't it funny how you can say some words here and not others? I knew what your word meant - I'm engaged to an Italian. LOL Back in our home town there are alot of Italians, and Italian restaurants. Our favorite sandwhich in that area is commonly known as a "guinea grinder." (no clue why) Its made up of italian sausage, spices and a tomato sauce, with mozerella cheese melted on top and placed on a toasted bun. But apparently you have to even be careful referring to the sandwhich, because some of the Italians get irritated when they hear that term as well. So strange.

I didn't know what that word meant until I read this discussion. Per Saundyl, it is an acronym. I think what you meant to say was whup which is an informal term used in place of "beat" or "thrash" someone...