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Title. Add the word for a female dog to the word filter at Dakka. Thanks

Bitch? It has other uses other than to refer to a female dog and is hardly that big a deal.

 pretre wrote:
Bitch? It has other uses other than to refer to a female dog and is hardly that big a deal.

It's most often used as an insult and imo doesn't follow the PG 13 guideline. The same could be said about e.g. feth / [poo] that's also used in non-offensive contexts.

Except those two are nothing but expletives.

I dunno, "bitch" is pretty mild of a curse word, especially when used in the context of complaining about something. I mean, you can say it on network TV.

 Sigvatr wrote:

 pretre wrote:
Bitch? It has other uses other than to refer to a female dog and is hardly that big a deal.

It's most often used as an insult...

On a site that discusses regularly: GW prices, overdue kickstarters, and general nerd rage on generally all things that is their hobby? I think 'bitching', called such, is much more prevalent.

 Ouze wrote:
I dunno, "bitch" is pretty mild of a curse word, especially when used in the context of complaining about something. I mean, you can say it on network TV.

IIRC it was considered mild enough to be worth leaving in and also might make conversations about.. well.. dogs etc ... a bit awkward otherwise.

That said point raised will be considered when we have a look at this sort of thing.

I don't think that a few rude posters should take away peoples ability to say what a bitch Mortenebra is to assemble

 Aesop the God Awful wrote:
I don't think that a few rude posters should take away peoples ability to say what a female dog Mortenebra is to assemble

Just a preview of things to come.

You know... It's not so bad actually

 reds8n wrote:

 Ouze wrote:
I dunno, "bitch" is pretty mild of a curse word, especially when used in the context of complaining about something. I mean, you can say it on network TV.

IIRC it was considered mild enough to be worth leaving in and also might make conversations about.. well.. dogs etc ... a bit awkward otherwise.

That said point raised will be considered when we have a look at this sort of thing.

Both toes up!

 Ouze wrote:
I dunno, "bitch" is pretty mild of a curse word, especially when used in the context of complaining about something. I mean, you can say it on network TV.

As a verb, "bitch" is somewhat harmless, although it is often used with a misogynistic context. As a descriptor, e.g. "you're a bitch", "bitches don't know", "such a bitch", it is a bit less mild, due to its long history of misogynistic use.

And I hear people use it to refer to other people in an insulting manner far, FAR more than I hear people use it to describe actual female dogs.

Yes, what Melissia said. The term was originally used to refer to women who were considered sexually promiscuous or just to attribute typical negative values of a dog to a woman (loud, aggressive, etc.). It doesn't help that it's most common use is found in (mostly rap) lyrics referring to women portrayed as above and it doesn't help either that there are terms like "to b**** about something" which means being very loud about something (as above) and "b**** slap" which is used in a jokingly context but refers to a pimp slapping a prostitute in her face.

The fact that the term is still censored in a lot of media further speaks for its actual use.

I cannot even remember anyone using the term for a female dog. People usually just say "dog" and use the respective pronoun to express its gender ("He barked / she barked").

And last but not least: here on Dakka, using the slang word "s***" for poo results in a ban. I don't see why the term in question would be considered any better.

What about "That's bitchin'!" if "bitch" is censored?

 Sigvatr wrote:
Yes, what Melissia said. The term was originally used to refer to women who were considered sexually promiscuous or just to attribute typical negative values of a dog to a woman (loud, aggressive, etc.). It doesn't help that it's most common use is found in (mostly rap) lyrics referring to women portrayed as above and it doesn't help either that there are terms like "to b**** about something" which means being very loud about something (as above) and "b**** slap" which is used in a jokingly context but refers to a pimp slapping a prostitute in her face.

The fact that the term is still censored in a lot of media further speaks for its actual use.

I cannot even remember anyone using the term for a female dog. People usually just say "dog" and use the respective pronoun to express its gender ("He barked / she barked").

And last but not least: here on Dakka, using the slang word "s***" for poo results in a ban. I don't see why the term in question would be considered any better.

Using that word is auto-filtered to 'gak'. The only way you'd receive any action for it (likely a warning unless you're a repeat offender - saying you'd get banned for it is hyperbole) is if you purposefully circumvented the filter, in which case the action is not for using the word but is for the filter circumvention.

 Avatar 720 wrote:
The only way you'd receive any action for it (likely a warning unless you're a repeat offender - saying you'd get banned for it is hyperbole) is if you purposefully circumvented the filter, in which case the action is not for using the word but is for the filter circumvention.

Not going to talk about it in detail, but that's not the case. PM if you want to. I want to keep this focused on the issue at hand because I really care about it

Certain variations on words censored by the filter slip by pretty often. Generally speaking, users are responsible for the content of their posts -- i.e., it is not okay to just rely on the filter. There are cases where someone is obviously trying to get around the filter and other cases where it is obviously a mistake. As you might expect, most cases are somewhere in between. Usually, I just edit the post so that the offending word is actually caught by the filter (like adding a space). I only send someone a warning about this when I believe they are trying to dodge the filter. I have never suspended anyone's account for this reason IIRC -- except when sending the warning resulted in an automatic suspension (FYI - five warnings = an automatic temporary suspension).

Using the word bitch is not enough by itself to get anyone warned much less get their account suspended. This should be obvious given that the word bitch is not filtered. There are of course many ways in which the word can be used abusively and those are all violations of Rule Number One.

Hanskrampf wrote:
What about "That's bitchin'!" if "bitch" is censored?

That would be "female dogging", which is even less PG-13. At least for British members.