Please do not send us a link to www.engrish.com. We know about it.
Submissions with foul language may or may not be edited before being published on the site, and we reserve the right to be as arbitrary in those decisions as we want to be. Here are some general guidelines (emphasis on the word general):
- If a word is important to the meaning of the submission, it will be included.
- If a word is not vital to the meaning but isn’t overly offensive, it will be included.
- What is “offensive” is up to us. We aren’t going to make a list for you, but we have pretty clear standards.
- Any overly offensive word is likely to become an exception to any guideline posted here or any guideline that we may add in the future. If there is a word that we do not wish to publish, we will attempt to alter it in a way that does not alter the meaning of the submission.
- Racial or ethnic slurs, especially the more harsh ones, are prime candidates for altering. We realize that most of the submissions containing these words are making the writer look stupid, but we will do our best to make them look stupid without publishing their words. The “N Word,” in particular, will never appear on this site.
Don’t shy away from submitting items with language violations, as they are often very amusing. Just be aware that they may be altered before being published. If you feel that a submission has been altered unfairly, go to our contact page and send us a complaint.