My Opera83 Words You Can't Use on Verizon
Monday, August 14, 2006 1:49:41 PM
Are listed here.
A partial list:
anal
ass
bitch
BJ
cornhole
dildo
fellatio
fornicate
genital
homo
5
limey
masturbate
pubic
pussy
queer
rubyredbag
scrotum
shit
sixtynine
slant
sodomize
spic
testicles
vagina
Spic-and-span? Not allowed.
"Summer of Sixty-Nine" by Brian Adams? Nope, but "Wanna 69?" is ok.
I have a pubic rash? Nope.
You friggin' limey? Nope.
My car was parked on a slant? Nope.
Shit! This is frustrating. Nope.
You let him push you around? You pussy! Nope.
BJ Thomas, the singer/songwriter? Not allowed.
Cornhole, the game famous in Cincinnati? Banned.
The number 5? Wow.
And what is up with rubyredbag? Did I miss some cultural reference?
This list could put a real crimp in news reporting.
Verizon content providers (including many online news and entertainment sources) are banned from using obvious words like "fuck" and its derivatives, a smattering of racial slurs, and "queer" and "lesbo" -- always a perfect way to pick a fight with more audacious gay rights activists. Ahh, the freedom of communication under New Media.
A partial list:
anal
ass
bitch
BJ
cornhole
dildo
fellatio
fornicate
genital
homo
5
limey
masturbate
pubic
pussy
queer
rubyredbag
scrotum
shit
sixtynine
slant
sodomize
spic
testicles
vagina
Spic-and-span? Not allowed.
"Summer of Sixty-Nine" by Brian Adams? Nope, but "Wanna 69?" is ok.
I have a pubic rash? Nope.
You friggin' limey? Nope.
My car was parked on a slant? Nope.
Shit! This is frustrating. Nope.
You let him push you around? You pussy! Nope.
BJ Thomas, the singer/songwriter? Not allowed.
Cornhole, the game famous in Cincinnati? Banned.
The number 5? Wow.
And what is up with rubyredbag? Did I miss some cultural reference?
This list could put a real crimp in news reporting.
