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.

17 comments:

AvengingAngel said...

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

kkdither said...

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

Anonymous said...

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!

AvengingAngel said...

Testing my updated profile

AvengingAngel said...

YeaH! My picture is back!

AvengingAngel said...

RJT are (is?) a bunch of maroons.

OrbsCorbs said...

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 . . .

SER said...

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

Unknown said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

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

hale-bopp said...

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?

kkdither said...

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. ;)

hale-bopp said...

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

drewzepmeister said...

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

fungi said...

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.

MinnesotaChick said...

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