I am obviously out of the dirty word waiting to happen loop here. Valleywag‘s published a list of 83 words you can’t communicate on Verizon Wireless, and sure enough most of them are pretty obvious: fuck, dago, spic, spankthemonkey (although it doesn’t rule out spank the monkey of course) and so on.
But 5???
I’m obviously missing something. Got to get out more.
the real reason I’m publishing this list is the more creative entries: “fleshpopsicle,” “spearchucker,” and “whiteswallow” (which I thought was one of the birds Craig Newmark feeds in his backyard). Like an 11-year-old boy, we had not thought of saying these words until we heard them, but now those words taste so good in our mouths.
Use the phrase “flesh popsicle” in a sentence today.
Disclosure: As far as I can tell, certain (but not all) entries from Gawker Media blogs are republished through Verizon and thus fall under these guidelines.
———- Forwarded message ———-
No Content provided to Subscribers of Verizon Wireless from Content Providers, whether in the form of text, audio, images, video or otherwise, may contain any of the words listed in Appendix A. This includes any variations in spelling of the words (e.g., fuck, phuck, fucks, fucker, fucked, fucking, etc.), any variations in pronunciation of the words (e.g., nigger, nigga, niggahs, etc.) or any combinations or creations containing any of the words (e.g., ass, assboy, asslicker, uptheass, etc.).
Nonetheless, it is not possible to compile a definitive list of unacceptable words. Language is fluid, with new words and phrases regularly entering the public vocabulary, and established meanings may change over time. For this reason, the list of prohibited words in Appendix A may change from time to time and is not meant to be all-inclusive.
anal
ass
bastard
beatoff
bitch
BJ
cameljockey
chink
circlejerk
clit
cock
coolie
coon
cornhole
cum
cunt
dago
deepthroating
dickhead
dickwad
dildo
dyke
eatme
fag
faggot
fellatio
fisting
fleshflute
fleshpopsicle
fornicate
fuck
fudgepacking
gangbang
genital
getlaid
gobtheknob
goldenshower
gook
hairpie
hardon
homo
honkey
jerkoff
jewboy
jizz
5
kike
lesbo
limey
manloaf
masturbate
muffdiver
nigger
nutsack
paki
panface
poontang
pubic
pussy
queef
queer
raghead
rimjob
rubyredbag
scrotum
shit
sitonmyface
sixtynine
slag
slant
sodomize
spankthemonkey
spearchucker
spic
spooge
teabagging
testicles
twat
vagina
wetback
whackoff
whipitout
whiteswallow
wop
raincoaster 
Guess textmessaging about my favorite Dick Van Dyke episodes is out of the question now . . .
Thank God they didn’t put a ban on ‘squiffy’ . . . .
And no Greg Evigan fanclub messages will get through either. A true tragedy.
And several of these words mean that Verizon has effectively shut off all reasonable tex-message public debate about members of the Bush administration.
Indeed.
“5”. Can anybody help out with that? I feel so out of the loop.
So…if #1 & #2 are taken (and on the list in their lexical forms), can we assume that the rest of the numbers are the more fun bodily functions? #3 kissing, #4 groping, #5 fucking…?
just a thought
I suppose, but wow, that’s going a bit far. It’s not “meat whistle” ferchrissakes. What next? “Third Base”?
Actually, you’re not allowed to use “Third” on WordPress. As part of the PATRIOT Act, all servers had to agree to not allow the use of the word “third”. As in “third-rate president” As in “only one-third of people support the POTUS” As in “if he had as much as a third of a brain …”
Oh–and don’t even mention “base” as in “the Republican base is eroding rapidly” “vile, crass oafish and …”.
I notice however, that exception has been granted to the words “wog”, “silk purse”, “quiff”, “quim”, “toss”, “rosebud”, “kraut”, “darkie” and “moron”.
Here’s an idea: as a public service why don’t we all send a couple of dozen exceptions to RC? The cumulative list can be posted here for users who need to express a desire to toss someone’s salad but can’t find a way to express it within the boundaries of this list.
Personally I think they’ve picked on the short easy words so as to maximise profit–they’re going to charge by the letter from now on.
Alternatively we could use igpay atinlay, or even real Latin!