Forbidden Words

[monkfish]

I'm often baffled by the word filters that are imposed by forum software. Perhaps this is because I've led such a sheltered existence that I don't know the hidden meanings of the words which are being rejected. Could someone please illuminate me on this one:

I tried to type a common abbreviation for Foreign Exchange, which takes the first syllable of each word, "f<a></a>orex", and found the word replaced by *****. What is it that f<a></a>orex means which causes it to be filtered out? (Note: I had to use tricks to get the word to appear here this time.)

 

[Propelissa]

hmm.... i see your <a>t</a>rick.

I don't know what is so bad about f<a></a>orex.

*****....had to see if it really showed up as *****

 

[monkfish]

hmm.... i see your trick.

Shhhhh. Don't tell the others. They aren't ready for this kind of profound revelation. :shakehands:

 

[Scoopons]

sometimes words have to be banned because people from websites with those words in it, spam .. and they spam a lot. That is just a way to prevent more garbage on the site.