Ofcom has published an updated version of its list of naughty words:
Warning: this is a list of naughty words. It contains naughty words. In a list.
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@neil put a dash in it and suddenly a spice becomes a naughty word! Reminds me of this Tim Minchin song.
https://youtu.be/KVN_0qvuhhw
@neil How useful! I can now choose a word to precisely match the level of offence I intend.
Ranked AND colour coded. Superb!
@neil how long until they're issuing fines for using them on your website without Highly Effective Age Assurance?
@neil I see Nazi is in the "race, nationality and ethnicity" category.
No idea what Uppity is as a slur, but Mr Uppity had better mind his back or he'll get cancelled
@neil best read I’ve had in a while
@neil it’s not as funny as the Viz Profanisaurus.
@neil These are hilarious. Yes, I have the brain of a 10 year old.
@neil 'Ginger' is a swear word?
That's going to make cooking programmes awkward..
@neil Well fuck, there are a few words there I need to look up.
Son of a bitch.
One has to laugh, or cry.
> References to sexual orientation and gender identity were considered offensive to a majority of
survey respondents
Indeed, "cis" is considered an offensive word.
@neil this is so funny, omg the english are such a pathetic people
@neil I see we’re headed to the point where “vertebrate” or “carbon-based life form” will be considered harmful.
@neil so it's offensive to say they are on the same side? Because cis literally means "on this side of" as in cismontane meaning being on the same side of a mountain as the speaker. I don't think we're the snowflakes here as they can't even handle a little stem word.
@neil TIL: The "watershed" is basically the "Sandmännchen" of the UK :D
@neil I’m wondering how long until a group of straight people call heterosexual offensive as a word 🙄
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The document refers to some participants as “LGB”.
As:
> 18. Findings for transgender and non-binary respondents have not been reported because the base size for this population is too small for robust
analysis.
As an amateur statistic enjoyer I could understand this.
But as a TERF/FART Island un-afficionado I also understand this and it's bad.
@neil and only 43% of respondents thought it was ever acceptable to broadcast it.
What are we doing here? There's clearly something very wrong with their methodology... Where did they canvas? Terfington Village Hall, Terfshire?
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Wait until they learn about the term perisex (meaning not intersex).
The dominant group always hates when they can't just define themselves as "normal"
@neil I presume the "survey respondents" were self-selected rather than a true random sample i.e. professional complainers and self important bigots?
To be clear, some of the words included here are incredibly offensive, and are generally used to punch down.
Others... not at all!
@neil 80% of people think "fanny" is too offensive to be broadcast in the day? what the fuck is WRONG with them, the whole point of it is that it's a kid-friendly word. That's also why it's funny
I can see how some of the words will be highly problematic in the context of how they are likely to be used.
Other words... not at all!
@neil A triptych on, a story in 3 pictures.
3 media files
@neil Comparing the gender table to any other table is very disappointing.
@neil I am surprised at how offensive Bumberclat is in these surveys.
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The Season's new words.
@neil Nice to see that good old "cunt" is still a top offensive word. And hilarious that Scottish people still wonder what the fuss is all about 😆