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Google Profanity Words

by LiamPa on 5/27/20, 6:49 PM with 12 comments

• by dgrin91 on 5/27/20, 7:13 PM

  I don't understand what this is. Banned by google in what way? I can google for all these words.

  > As they closed the api

  What api?

• by mankyd on 5/27/20, 7:17 PM

  I doubt these are words that a "banned". Probably more like words that trigger extra precaution in certain contexts. Medical terms like "testical" are perfectly reasonable words.

• by CtrlShiftI on 5/27/20, 7:26 PM

  > goatse

  oh no, not this again

  For those who don't know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goatse.cx

• by lonelappde on 5/27/20, 7:12 PM

  Is this accurate? How is it tested?

• by nanreh on 5/27/20, 7:14 PM

  This list is way too short. What is its provenance?

• by cachestash on 5/27/20, 7:40 PM

  arrse - there goes father ted.

• by jimhefferon on 5/27/20, 7:28 PM

  God?

• by PedroBatista on 5/27/20, 7:27 PM

  > testicle

  hm.. ok.