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NSFW

Posted July 14, 2009 @ 12:59 pm In Alphabet Soup,Letters | No Comments

“NSFW” is Internet slang for “Not Suitable for Work.” It is used as a polite warning to indicate that the contents of link or message is not appropriate to be opened or played at work.

How It's Used

"Over the weekend, he released 'I'm So Wavy [Too Hardcore to be a Jay-Z]' an inconsistent but catchy attack on Jay-Z (note: all links are to songs which are almost certainly NSFW and which you might find offensive; you've been warned)."

—Marc Lynch, "Jay-Z vs the Game: Lessons for the American Primacy Debate," Foreign Policy, 13 Jul 09.

Links

Beyond eAlmanac
Wikipedia article on NSFW.
Netlingo List of Internet and Text Message Shorthand Acronyms.

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