Thread: Getting smoother and easier

Originally Posted by LawsonStone

Can anyone enlighten me as to why a word in my post was treated as profanity? The term used is most certainly not. It means "overly self confident" and draws on the metaphor of a rooster strutting about the barnyard. No dictionary I know of identifies the contemporary use of the word as being profane. My PhD includes studies in linguistics, by the way, so I know a little about words and how they are used.

I'm happy to avoid the word, but I also am puzzled that a word I have heard in Sunday sermons is unfit for this forum ;-)

Then again, maybe I go to some earthy churches!

It's a filter and does not recognize context. If it sees a string of letters that match a filtered word, it stars it out. No worries.

Originally Posted by commiecat

It's a filter and does not recognize context. If it sees a string of letters that match a filtered word, it stars it out. No worries.

Many thanks. It's not my custom to use offensive language and I certainly do not want to offend anyone here! Given the longevity of the "Coochie Razor" thread, I also did not expect the standard of offense to be too school-marmly. I also feared that maybe this word really was offensive and that all my life I've been shocking the sensibilities of family, friends, teachers, colleagues, and students!

So...enough of this since it's off topic.

Gotta learn to be "smoother" in many ways!