Do you feel vaguely guilty when you get a "bad word" warning on MyLot?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205753)
Walnut Creek, California
October 22, 2017 1:07pm CST
I've been known to swear like a sailor around certain friends. But I tend to keep it pretty clean on MyLot. Still, I occasionally get the "bad word" warning on MyLot, and I wind up feeling vaguely guilty. Usually it's because of a typo, but sometimes I'm caught by surprise by a word that's not allowed.
My most common typo occurs when I'm talking about a shirt. My "r" key is not very responsive, and that throws me into the world of Mylot sin. But a couple of words caught me by surprise. I think I'll experiment and see if I can remember which words they are. I love my buddy's p*ussy cat, Charlie. He always purrs when I pet him. Is there a bird called the great tit? When I'm alone, I sometimes like to fart loudly. I feel like an ass when I say something stupid. At the liberal preschool where I work. we use "penis" and "vagina" for what some people refer to as "private parts."
OK, here goes: Aha! Only "p*ssy" is a naughty word. Have you ever been caught by surprise when you posted a "naughty" word without meaning to? If you do an experiment like mine, let us know the results. Heh.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
22 Oct 17
I don't feel guilty at all, not even vaguely! What I think is, "Typical American!" Don't ask. I won't elaborate on this.
I experienced this several times. It took me quite a while to find out what or rather where the problem was. One example: Once I tried to write that someone made a slight noise while laughing. I don't know how else to describe it. The correct term contains a set of letters which - as a word - mean a derogative term for African Americans.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
22 Oct 17
Sometimes it really amuses me what they take exception to on here. We can say smartass, but not the 'dumb' kind, and we can't call a female dog by the word in the dictionary. We also have a town in the UK which we're not allowed to mention - Sc**thorpe.
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Oct 17
What word is that? Here is my answer to them not allowing me to talk about my favorite cat. The guitar on this cut is incredible.
Recorded for Vocalion in 1939, the Light Crust Doughboys is a quintessential Western swing band from Texas organized in 1931 by the Burrus Mill and Elevator ...
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
22 Oct 17
I get that grrrrr feeling when I am trying to get a discussion posted and it won't let me because the word is too close to a naughty word. Slapped on the hand by Mylot!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
22 Oct 17
@TheHorse yeah that is funny!
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Oct 17
@ElusiveButterfly I'm not the best typist, and my keyboard is not the best keyboard. Bad combination.
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@FourWalls (62131)
• United States
23 Oct 17
I've had myLot come up and tell me that Danny Kortchmar's nickname is a dirty word. I didn't know that. Apparently neither did the people who've called him that for 50 years.....
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@FourWalls (62131)
• United States
23 Oct 17
@TheHorse -- Kortchmar is James Taylor's long-time guitarist. He also played guitar for Carole King (in fact, they were in a band, called The City, together). He was in a band called The Section, and they were L.A. rock staple session musicians. Most famously, I suppose, he worked with Jackson Browne in the late 70s and Don Henley's solo career in the 80s. Songs he's written include "Honey, Don't Leave L.A." (Taylor), "Shaky Town" (Browne), and "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" (Henley).
His nickname is something you say after "coo" while you're tickling a baby's chin. And, as I said, I had no idea it was considered a "dirty word."
Here he is playing guitar with Carole:
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@FourWalls (62131)
• United States
24 Oct 17
@TheHorse -- Thanks for the "street language" lesson. I had no idea. It makes that old blues song make a lot more sense, though, now that I think about it......
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@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
23 Oct 17
I will be very careful cos don't want anything to do with mylot.
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@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
23 Oct 17
@TheHorse don't want to receive any warning, scared though.
@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Oct 17
@wongchoiyee Oh, it's just the automated system telling you to change a word. You won't get "in trouble."
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@rebelann (111171)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Oct 17
Yes, I was very surprised when I wrote a discussion about h omo sapiens in fact I tried to include a link with that word in the title as it pertained to anthropology and even that was deemed profane. Well, I suppose we are a profane bunch, right
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
23 Oct 17
I get the bad word checks all the time, often when letters within an innocent word just happen to come together as a bad word, or in using a word legimitately in a context, as in the name given to a female dog, not in its use as a term of abuse towards someone - it makes me swear being stopped for it when i'm innocent
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@sabtraversa (12936)
• Italy
22 Oct 17
I don't feel guilty at all, they're just words; if myLot doesn't like them, it's okay, won't use them.
Meaning can change, bad words aren't always bad. I know, myLot doesn't. 
Is H*mo Sapiens still a bad one? 
Yes, it is. 
Is H*mo Sapiens still a bad one?
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
22 Oct 17
@sabtraversa @TheHorse I once tried to write about a statue of a monkey standing at a bridge in a German city. It's made of brass.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
22 Oct 17
@sabtraversa @TheHorse Big surprise! Today the term for the material the monkey is made of is accepted.
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I use it when the temperature outside is very low, an old nautical term for the metal stand that held cannon balls in place.
@just4him (306216)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Oct 17
I got the naughty word warning only once and believe it or not, it was on my Bible study. The word was in the Bible and I had to change it to an acceptable word. I was really worried when I did Song of Solomon with all the words in there that could be taken for bad, but they all passed the naughty word test, to my surprise.
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@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
22 Oct 17
I do not like to use what you are calling bad words. I will not have this problem on mylot.
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@TheHorse (205753)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Oct 17
@Scrapper88 I think the best writers (I don't claim to be among them) can express "naughty" things without resorting to "foul" language.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
22 Oct 17
I have never had this problem, matter of fact I did not know it could happen....I am not very good with bad words, so I don't use them. Pardon the oxymoron there.
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@celticeagle (159020)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Oct 17
No, I edit my work before I post.
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@celticeagle (159020)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Oct 17
@TheHorse......Surprised? No, I don't use course language and I don't call cats those names.
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Oct 17
I curse in real life. I try not to use it here if I can help it, even if the filter accepts it.
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