Tuesday, January 27, 2009

"Pansy" is a Censored Word at the Journal Times

pansy

noun
1. large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors
2. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy]
3. offensive term for an openly homosexual man


If you use it on the Journal Times' site, you will get ##### in your post.
Lol, wtf? I used to plant pansies every spring.
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17 comments:

  1. AvengingAngelJanuary 27, 2009 at 11:59 AM

    C'mon, Orbs, stop being a Viola tricolor hortensis.

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  2. kkditherJanuary 27, 2009 at 11:59 AM

    Quit being such a pansy crybaby orbs... The mighty BOB has spoken. ;>

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2009 at 12:01 PM

    You gotta be shittin' me! It looks like the JT is taking on the role of the 3rd grade playground monitor. Hey Orbs, maybe we should go over there and post the seven Georged Carlin words you can't say on radio!

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  4. AvengingAngelJanuary 27, 2009 at 12:04 PM

    Testing my updated profile

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  5. AvengingAngelJanuary 27, 2009 at 12:04 PM

    YeaH! My picture is back!

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  6. AvengingAngelJanuary 27, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    RJT are (is?) a bunch of maroons.

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  7. OrbsCorbsJanuary 27, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    I know, I know - I, of all people, should not be surprised by their arbitrary and ever-changing rules. I guess I've grown accustomed to posting freely and was just caught off guard by their word censor.

    Still, "pansy"? Come on . . .

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  8. SERJanuary 27, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    Ya think they might pittel all over themselves if I used the word whiner?

    Spelling Note

    whine or wine? Do not confuse the spelling of whine and wine, which sound similar. Whine is a noun and verb referring to a long plaintive high-pitched sound or a peevish complaint, as in the whine of the engines, customers whining about poor service. Wine is a noun denoting an alcoholic drink made from grapes or other fruit; it is occasionally used as a verb in the phrase wine and dine

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2009 at 2:13 PM

    I never whine when I have wine....SER pittle?HAHAHA.....JT is getting petty in their old age.I don't even bother to go on there any more.

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    Here's how it would look posting the 7 Carlin words over at the JT site:
    1) #####
    2) #####
    3) #####
    4) #####
    5) #####
    6) #####
    7) #####

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    So if you used the word "asset" in a blog over there would it come out looking like "###et"?

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  12. hale-boppJanuary 27, 2009 at 3:41 PM

    This is almost as good as the Christian news site that renamed Tyson Gay to Tyson Homosexual. I wonder if I would be allowed to call Scrooge niggardly?

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  13. kkditherJanuary 27, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    The English language is funny. Is a corset scratchy?

    Whenever I read stuff like this blog, I am sooooooo, so happy to be here and post whatever the frick I wish. ;)

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  14. hale-boppJanuary 27, 2009 at 9:05 PM

    Another good one is the incident in Dallas where the term black hole was taken as a racial insult.

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  15. drewzepmeisterJanuary 27, 2009 at 9:14 PM

    I remember that Hale. Sometimes I think censorship gets out of hand.

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  16. fungiJanuary 27, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    kk, THE correct term is "Frack" from Battlestar Gallactica fame. My son thinks it's cool to drop that one,except when mom or dad are within earshot.

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  17. MinnesotaChickJanuary 29, 2009 at 12:11 AM

    Why pansy? I don't get it......

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