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Old 02-20-2007, 02:52 PM   #1 (permalink)
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A replacement for those nasty swear words...<TWIBAT> is here!

There seem to be an increasing number of asterisks appearing on TSF these days, as users find many of their posts being censored. This is only right and proper of course but sometimes innocent words do fall foul of the system. I would therefore like to offer an alternative word - one that can be safely used by anyone without risking offending others.

The word is

<TWIBAT>

and it stands for

This Word Is Banned At TSF.


So now, rather than use a bad word, simply use <TWIBAT> instead. For example

"I think the price of beer is too <TWIBAT> high!"


And there you are - no-one offended yet everyone gets your point.
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Old 02-20-2007, 03:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Ye I would normally use [Content Edited] anyway.

Like "I think the [content edited] old lady is a [content edited] who did that to a 11 year old boy!" Or better we're provided with the emoticon that says it all!
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Old 02-20-2007, 03:17 PM   #3 (permalink)
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it is <twibat> genius !
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Old 02-20-2007, 03:36 PM   #4 (permalink)
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NICE...someone has too much [content edited] time on their <TWIBAT> hands :)
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Old 02-20-2007, 03:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
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i have a feeling this thread will skid off the road ...lol
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Old 02-20-2007, 03:43 PM   #6 (permalink)
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What happens when users dont know what TWIBAT means??
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They spend hours trying to google, or search in here LOL which should return this thread... or, they come up with their own definition of that acronym.
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Old 02-20-2007, 05:02 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Oh barnacle!
(Barnacle is replacing one of those <TWIBAT> words! )
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Old 02-20-2007, 10:27 PM   #9 (permalink)
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twibat that, I'll say whatever I want!

(just testing the system, seeing if anyone's offended)

Kind of reminds me of Battlestar Galactica, they can get away with lots of bad language because for them it's pronounced frak
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Kind of reminds me of Battlestar Galactica, they can get away with lots of bad language because for them it's pronounced frak
Best <TWIBAT> TV Series EVER!

(Nice idea Glas ).
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Good idea.
You should make this a sticky, and appear in the rules when you sign up..
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Old 02-21-2007, 05:37 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Good idea.
You should make this a sticky, and appear in the rules when you sign up..
See the new link in my sig...
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You going to through all the posts looking for places to put your TWIBAT now Glas?
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I just thought, how about you put bots on the forum, where when someone puts swear words in, make them automaticly change it to TWIBAT.
I know it's possible, 'cos another forum did it.
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Its called a word filter joe.
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Best <TWIBAT> TV Series EVER!
You're god<TWIBAT> right.

Ok, it's out of my system now, I promise.
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<TWIBAT> is nice but it's all over the keyboard. What ever happened to good ol' !@#$%

Much easier to type than that <TWIBAT> word.
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