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* Not quite a swear, but this troper was a member of an irc chat group which autokicked for using ORLY?! since it was overused. Unfortunately this also meant one would be kicked if they used the word "poorly". |
* Not quite a swear, but this troper was a member of an irc chat group which autokicked for using ORLY?! since it was overused. Unfortunately this also meant one would be kicked if they used the word "poorly". |
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* It may be that the United Kingdom's mandatory ISP-level "smut filters" are subject to this. According to [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/22/puritanical_purience_punting_puts_game_patch_in_sinbin/ this article] in ''[[The Register]]'', British players of the game ''[[League of Legends]]'' have reported downloads of upgrade packages stalling when reaching a pair of files named "Varu{{color|red|sEx}}pirationTimer.luaobj" and "XerathMageChain{{color|red|sEx}}tended.luaobj". It's not confirmed yet, but the possibility exists. |
* It may be that the United Kingdom's mandatory ISP-level "smut filters" are subject to this. According to [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/22/puritanical_purience_punting_puts_game_patch_in_sinbin/ this article] in ''[[The Register]]'', British players of the game ''[[League of Legends]]'' have reported downloads of upgrade packages stalling when reaching a pair of files named "Varu{{color|red|sEx}}pirationTimer.luaobj" and "XerathMageChain{{color|red|sEx}}tended.luaobj". It's not confirmed yet, but the possibility exists. |
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* Some brave soul decided to make a font called [https://vole.wtf/scunthorpe-sans/ Scunthorpe Sans], which (ab)uses font ligatures to replace dirty words with black boxes. So now you can invoke this trope on any website! |
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