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thekevan
on Aug 25, 2015
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WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in...
You may want to look at slang as well. I tried both "knob" and "bell end". It said both were safe. Maybe they may be safe-ish in the US, but in Britain they are definitely slang words that could result in quite a chuckle if you named your app that.
pyre
on Aug 25, 2015
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Or "root" in Australia.
RIMR
on Aug 25, 2015
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Quick, somebody point me in the direction of some witty australian UNIX jokes.
pavlov
on Aug 25, 2015
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What did the sysadmin buy her wife for Valentine's Day? A rootkit.
(Just made that one up... Not genuine Australian. Also, I can't tell jokes.)
tacticus
on Aug 26, 2015
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well your jokes certainly fit.
nailer
on Aug 26, 2015
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There's an area of San Francisco that styles itself as 'the tender knob'. Oh the mirth.
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