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n-i-m-p

singingstranger · 2006-04-05 00:43:25

Forgive me if this has been asked before (linking to the other thread and lockage will be seen as ample!) but can someone explain the derogatory (or otherwise) value of "n-i-m-p" (without dashes, obviously)? I think it's only ever seen in the word u****ortant (bit of a Scunthorpe syndrome with **** on some other boards)…

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05-04-2006 1:43am

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singingstranger

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Forgive me if this has been asked before (linking to the other thread and lockage will be seen as ample!) but can someone explain the derogatory (or otherwise) value of "n-i-m-p" (without dashes, obviously)?

I think it's only ever seen in the word u****ortant (bit of a Scunthorpe syndrome with **** on some other boards) and I have never even heard the term, let alone in a derogatory sense... can someone explain?

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#2 05-04-2006 1:46am
singingstranger

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The above post itself shows another disparity: why is c-u-n-t barred on its own but not as part of another word (i.e. Scunthorpe), but yet n-i-m-p is even filtered out from u****ortant?

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#3 05-04-2006 9:31am
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Not sure about Scunthorpe (maybe it's a word that has been forced to not be censored), but n*mp is due to a website that contains particularly malicious content. Hence censoring it disables its existance on boards.

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