A Bad Word
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
Atlanta, Georgia
June 21, 2016 8:32pm CST
It has been a beautiful day. I've cleaned and done laundry so everything in our apartment is ship shape. I love a clean house. My better half had business to attend to today so I made good use of the day staying home. I had much rather clean when I'm alone. Everything runs smoother.
Someone said something about words we can't use on Mylot. I was surprised when I used a common word that I hear all the time, that had no racial meaning to me. I used the word in a comment and the sentence came up saying "bad word" I finally figured out how the word could be used as a racial put down, but I've never heard it used that way. The word was sp - - ck. I meant it an in clean." sp- - ck and span". I didn't realize it would be an insult to anyone.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Jun 16
@Judyev I just got out my American college dictionary and looked it up. It means clean, there is no mention of it being a slur on any race. I wrote down the exact definition, but the Fix bad Word came up. the dictionary has the words and gives the definition as clean, fresh. No mentions of slur or race.
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@toniganzon (77223)
• Philippines
22 Jun 16
That word actually to Hispanic people is the same as a racial expression people used to address black people.
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@toniganzon (77223)
• Philippines
23 Jun 16
@RubyHawk I know. That's how i use it too. But since mylot has a lot of members from different countries, the admin is careful with that.
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@Marilynda1225 (91126)
• United States
22 Jun 16
Wow I never would have thought that word would have been rejected as an insult or bad word.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
22 Jun 16
Ahh I have heard this word called towards others. I hate any kind of name calling so it makes me really mad when I have heard it said. I've come across words years ago that mylot didn't allow as well and had to come up with another word. I think it might have been this sam word as you whenI wrote about cleaning. I vacuumed the living room floor, couches and cat blankets before I sat down to mylot.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Jun 16
I remember I tried to use that in a post once (about cleaning as well) and was surprised I couldn't use it! I didn't realize it was a racial slur (and I thought I heard them all), so I didn't think anything "racial" about it either.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Jun 16
@RubyHawk It surprised me when I actually looked it up. Living where we do, there are many Hispanics - and I've personally never heard that word used before like that (but I've heard many others that to me sound worse). I suppose it's all in context . . . though usually the slurs are definitely slurs . . . this one just happens to have other meanings.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
23 Jun 16
lol Yup the other day I said that I had made a big _oner meaning a mistake and it wouldn't let me say it, said it was a bad word!!
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@Wordly1 (470)
• Kingston, New Hampshire
22 Jun 16
Something's wrong with the idiots in admin. I just tried it myself in a, now stricken answer, to your post and got the same result. If these morons can't tell the difference between a long used 'All American' expression equivalent to 'squeaky-clean' and a racial slur, they need to take night classes in English as a First Language. Oh, so, that means that, if I want to share with my fellow MyLotters the good deal I got on a certain box of soap powder, I can't mention the "brand-name"...?...What simpletons!
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Jun 16
Isn't that the truth, as I just told Judy. I looked up the definition of the words sp --ck and span and there was no mention or slurs or race. just perfectly clean. We are getting too sensitive when we can't write common words that we use daily.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 Jun 16
I had a great day today--good to be alive!! 
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
22 Jun 16
one can't clean here when the hubs's home. disrupts his t.v., e'en if'n i'm jest dustin' 'n 'nother room'f the house.
'tis a bit'f a marvel what this thingy considers "bad words", i've run 'cross a few myself. e'en if'n ya drop the "k" it'll come'p 's "Error: Cannot post. Fix back words: sp**"
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
22 Jun 16
I got everything done quickly with the man out of the house. I usually go out when he does, but it sure is easier cleaning when I'm alone.
Looks like I'll have to learn the words the site considers bad. I suppose words that are considered bad by some people are not recognized by others. Not by me, anyway.
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@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Jun 16
I think I have gotten used to not using certain words on here because I get that pop up. I wouldn't remember such a word as being a bad word either.
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