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    83 words you can't say on Verizon Wireless

    George Carlin - ValleywagDon't ask us how we got it, or how many honkeys and limeys we had to kill for it, but after the jump is Verizon Wireless's list of inadmissable naughty words. Verizon content providers (including many online news and entertainment sources) are banned from using obvious words like "fuck" and its derivatives, a smattering of racial slurs, and "queer" and "lesbo" — always a perfect way to pick a fight with more audacious gay rights activists. Ahh, the freedom of communication under New Media.

    But the real reason I'm publishing this list is the more creative entries: "fleshpopsicle," "spearchucker," and "whiteswallow" (which I thought was one of the birds Craig Newmark feeds in his backyard). Like an 11-year-old boy, we had not thought of saying these words until we heard them, but now those words taste so good in our mouths.

    Use the phrase "flesh popsicle" in a sentence today.

    Disclosure: As far as I can tell, certain (but not all) entries from Gawker Media blogs are republished through Verizon and thus fall under these guidelines.

    ————— Forwarded message —————

    No Content provided to Subscribers of Verizon Wireless from Content Providers, whether in the form of text, audio, images, video or otherwise, may contain any of the words listed in Appendix A. This includes any variations in spelling of the words (e.g., fuck, phuck, fucks, fucker, fucked, fucking, etc.), any variations in pronunciation of the words (e.g., nigger, nigga, niggahs, etc.) or any combinations or creations containing any of the words (e.g., ass, assboy, asslicker, uptheass, etc.).

    Nonetheless, it is not possible to compile a definitive list of unacceptable words. Language is fluid, with new words and phrases regularly entering the public vocabulary, and established meanings may change over time. For this reason, the list of prohibited words in Appendix A may change from time to time and is not meant to be all-inclusive.

    anal
    ass
    bastard
    beatoff
    bitch
    BJ
    cameljockey
    chink
    circlejerk
    clit
    cock
    coolie
    coon
    cornhole
    cum
    cunt
    dago
    deepthroating
    dickhead
    dickwad
    dildo
    dyke
    eatme
    fag
    faggot
    fellatio
    fisting
    fleshflute
    fleshpopsicle
    fornicate
    fuck
    fudgepacking
    gangbang
    genital
    getlaid
    gobtheknob
    goldenshower
    gook
    hairpie
    hardon
    homo
    honkey
    jerkoff
    jewboy
    jizz
    5
    kike
    lesbo
    limey
    manloaf
    masturbate
    muffdiver
    nigger
    nutsack
    paki
    panface
    poontang
    pubic
    pussy
    queef
    queer
    raghead
    rimjob
    rubyredbag
    scrotum
    shit
    sitonmyface
    sixtynine
    slag
    slant
    sodomize
    spankthemonkey
    spearchucker
    spic
    spooge
    teabagging
    testicles
    twat
    vagina
    wetback
    whackoff
    whipitout
    whiteswallow
    wop


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