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10 Words You Should Never Use on Facebook

by Jeanne Sager on September 18, 2012 at 1:46 PM

laptopThe more time you spend on Facebook, the more you have to wonder: when did mothers stop teaching their kids the difference between what you say in polite company and what you say behind closed doors? The sort of sayings most of us would have been uneasy about uttering out at the grocery store or even in a bar have become the norm for Facebook statuses, and I've had about enough!

If your mom and dad didn't teach you that you shouldn't be telling the world about that time you ate bad Chinese food and ... (you don't want to know what goes there), then it's time someone did. So here it is, a definitive list of words that should be avoided on Facebook. Read it, bookmark it, use it ... your "friends" will thank you!

Neone -- Seriously, you're just one letter short of the real thing. Just spell it out already! (This also applies to Gr8, 4eva, etc....).

Vaginal -- There is no word that can follow this and qualify as appropriate for public. Vaginal secretions, neone?

Penile -- Warts, implants, need I go on? It's an ix-nay on the enile-pay folks.

The n-word -- Actually any and all racial slurs should be excised from Facebook immediately (and from your daily speech).

Panties -- If you're using this word, that means you're talking about your underwear, which begs the question: why are you talking about your underwear where your Great-Uncle Mike can read about it?

Potty -- Take it from my friend over at STFU, Parents, nothing good ever comes of talking about the potty ...

Diarrhea -- Ewwwwwwwwww.

Dare -- OK, maybe this isn't a "never" use word, but if you're about to "dare" me to copy and paste something to keep some ridiculous chain going, you're about to be unfriended.

Baby Daddy/Baby Mama -- Save it for family court, please.

LMS -- For those who haven't had the "pleasure," I've seen this one enough that I actually looked it up. It means "like my status," because kids today don't seem to think it's necessary to actually craft something interesting to get a thumbs up. Now where is my Metamucil, dagnabit?

Come on, you know there are more! Would you add to the list?

 

While you're at it, don't forget to check out the 6 worst statuses you can leave!

 

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Filed Under: facebook, social media

Comments

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  • jalaz77
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    jalaz77

    September 18, 2012 at 1:51 PM
    People that choose not to spell correctly. Examples, u=you, ur=your, you're, kewl=cool, sum1=someone, b4=before, i-rate=irrate....so much more work than spelling it out! I can't even read some posts, they are usually my younger cousins, so I skip those posts. I have seen grown women do the same, jeeze grow up and type like an adult already!!
  • Kelle...
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    Kelley Eidem

    September 18, 2012 at 2:33 PM
    Misspelling the word "lose" as "loose" deserves an honorable mention just because it is so wrong!
  • Beth...
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    Beth McCormack Bernitt

    September 18, 2012 at 2:57 PM

    here it is..... wait for it... the ultimate compliment.......U R A regular George Carlin...with words you can't say on TV or the Radio my education of what was really cool back then...wonder if this will have the same impact.


  • Alexi...
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    Alexis Eggleton

    September 18, 2012 at 3:11 PM

    I agree- if I feel like I have to decode their language, I'm not reading it! And while I agree with "lose" and "loose" I would like to add "there, their and they're" and "ima" as in "ima do me!"


  • Really?
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    Really?

    September 18, 2012 at 3:16 PM
    Oh, please. This is some tame, lame complaining for this century. The sooner we stop blaming other people's words as having some magical power over our emotions the sooner we can evolve beyond being offended by them. They're just words, spoken or not. What a white whine.
  • linzemae
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    linzemae

    September 18, 2012 at 3:30 PM
    Breathe and breath! Ugh, why can't people get it right?!
  • Misty...
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    Misty.Dawn

    September 18, 2012 at 4:07 PM
    i agree that there are some things that are inappropriate for telling everyone on your friends list. But things like ur & b & b4....its a social media site, not an essay in school. I use "ur" & "bcus"....i do all my facebooking from my phone. So typing out a comment or status is the same as texting. Its just easier/faster
  • Amand...
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    Amanda Kimbley

    September 19, 2012 at 11:16 AM
    Not knowing the difference between sell and sale. (does anyone have this for sell) hubby, hubs, totes (unless you are talking about the bag) ,
  • Willi...
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    William Norrick

    September 19, 2012 at 11:26 AM

    Who cares how people spell. Some people might have learning disabilities what gives anyone the right to judge others on how they write and spell on their facebook page. A true friend would read it and understand it. If i misspell something and don't like it. Let me show you a an easy way to fix that. See where it shows the icon link on the top right side of my facebook page, go ahead and click that scroll down to unfriend and click that. Their you just made your life so much easier and less stressful how pathetic.

     


  • Nikit...
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    Nikita David

    September 19, 2012 at 11:41 AM
    Totally agreeing with William! Unless it takes a long time for me to 'decode' the status and it makes no sense, then I don't see a problem. I, myself like to spell things out properly and use punctuation where it belongs. But, not everyone is like that and I still make mistakes. It all depends on my mood though and how much time I feel like taking to type/text something out. This article was a waste of my time. I figured it would have been a lot more interesting than it actually was.
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