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This is potentially dangerous, as it gives a false sense of security. It appears to completely ignore slang. I just plugged in "slapper" and got a green light, for instance. I notice they have a cautionary note on the site, so...?

My favourite story about this sort of thing relates to a computer game which was very popular in its home territory (the UK) but struggled when released abroad (Germany, I think?) as its name was a slang term for "rent boy". IIRC this was the game "Midwinter".




Yeah it also doesn't think that knackered or felch are problematic either


What language are those slang in?


British English


Today I learned a new word for something I was not aware was enough of a thing that it needed a word for it…




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