ive just answered an innocent question on answers but....?

Question

its deleted the word f a g.

why?

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060817121620AAXaydE&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMhDFdVOpqAYqI7cYEBGWDbj8k7VihU9fnUDKFz0px45qdHU2cq2ktRf4.1_KFWdjtFw--#TJcvDGe1A2PlGzRf6swa3vJjXrXPDmZhHFzejJZbum23BXqhjDre

Answer 1

Try shirt lifters or brown hatters instead.
woofters as a last resort

Answer 2

Not an answer, just letting you know I wouldn't have been clear on this either. That word meant a junior who carried out tasks for older students at boarding school eg in Billy Bunter books. Obviously in these days one wonders as to what sort of tasks, but Frank Richards never implied anything suspect.

Answer 3

It happens automatically when certain words are used. They have software that recognizes certain letter groups. You can get around it by spacing the letters or adding symbols between the letters. For instance though, you cannot refer to a male chicken or rooster as ****, that will get starred in the published version.

Answer 4

Is that the word for cigarette over there ? Otherwise is is meant to be a mean slang word for a gay person and thus the deletion .

Answer 5

I think the word cigarette would be better, as some people ( who have a brain the size of my fingernail) may think you mean it as a derogatory term for homosexuals.

Answer 6

Automated word filters are pretty common, and we all have to bow down to the american definitions of words and slang.

Answer 7

because in the USA that word means homosexual. so if someone reading were offended and reported you using that definition...you would be deleted.

Answer 8

It's also a derogatory term for homosexuals.

Answer 9

In England the word f.a.g. means cigarette, but in other countries it refers to someone that is homosexual

Answer 10

it's considered offencive as it is a derogatory way of saying homosexual