Is Android a prude? How to disable Google Keyboard obsene words filter -[AndroidTutor2018]

AndroidTutor2018- What is the logic behind the words accepted and filtered out by Google on their Android keyboard? Google Keyboard rejects many words which they obviously deem as ‘insulting’ or ‘profane’ when it comes to auto-complete. Today we will show you how to get rid of these freedom of speech-inhibiting filters and allow you to get free-reign of all the dirty, scuzzy and sometimes even normal words that Google chose to ban.

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Google banned more than 1,400 words from the English language for its keyboard: some are naughtier than others while others show how Google often tries to tip-toe around some political or cultural points to avoid committing any risky faux-pas. They’ve banned potentially insulting words like ‘butt’ and ‘geek’, others like ‘panty’, ‘braless’, ‘tampax’, ‘lactation’, ‘STI’ and ‘preggers’ which reinforces my thoughts that Google is a bit uptight and should grow up. ‘Condom’ is also a no-no, and you can completely forget about drug-related terms, ‘morphine’, ‘bong’ or ‘methamphetamine’ to name a few. They also don’t accept Islam-related terms like ‘Sunni’ but accept the names of their biggest competitors ‘Apple’ and ‘Microsoft’. Strangest of all, Google products like ‘Chromebook’, ‘Zagat’ and ‘AdMob’ have been given the boot, while iPhone is a-ok.
Though it seems that Google has a problem with sexuality and words that are slightly taboo, there’s a way of disabling these filters for auto-complete. If you do have virgin eyes when it comes to seeing naughtier words, you might want to keep the filters on for your own protection.
Here is how to disable the ''obscene'' words block:
1. Go into your Android settings.
2. Under the subcategory ''Personal'', tap on ''Language and input''.

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3. From there, find the ''Google Keyboard'' under ''Keyboard & Input Methods''.
4. Scroll down and uncheck ''Block offensive words''.

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Done! Enjoy your freedom of speech as well as the time it will save you when you don't need to type in every letter of butt.
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7 KevinE Dec 7, 2013 Link to comment
It's a little different process on my Sprint GS4 but I found the setting. Thanks!
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31 Loie Favre Admin Staff Dec 7, 2013 Link to comment
Hi KevinE, what did you have to do with your Spring GS4?
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37 My1 Dec 7, 2013 Link to comment
(forget it misread sth...)
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2 Chuck Hansen Dec 5, 2013 Link to comment
I understood that part of the reasoning behind the removal of these words was to keep them from being inserted by the oh-so-helpful autocorrect feature.
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37 My1 Dec 5, 2013 Link to comment
probably. we all know the autocorrect fails of iPhone users...
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2 Wendyrx Dec 5, 2013 Link to comment
Just answer the poor guy for crying out loud!
Phillip, VD= Venereal Disease & STD= Sexually Transmitted Disease.
See? Now how hard was that?
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37 My1 Dec 5, 2013 Link to comment
thanks for that. the problem is that I often tend to get the wrong meaning of an abbreviation, as seen above which can be quite annoying...
STD for example is also the IATA code for Santo Domingo
and VD can also be Vapor Density.
(source Wikipedia)
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6 SheemOn Shapiro Dec 5, 2013 Link to comment
Is VD blocked? How about STD?
How about Unix? Linux? bsd? System V?
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37 My1 Dec 5, 2013 Link to comment
what is VD and STD???
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23 Mary Mod Dec 5, 2013 Link to comment
Hi Philipp, you can try to Google certain words if you do not know what they mean. www.google.com
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37 My1 Dec 5, 2013 Link to comment
of course but as seen above I probably woint find the meaning which is meaned, but rather something completely different...
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23 CJ Brown Dec 5, 2013 Link to comment
and this is why I use Smart Keyboard (no neutering taking place in spell check!) ;-)
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37 My1 Dec 4, 2013 Link to comment
especially since Geek and STI were blocked, I am kinda confused. STI is a normal IATA (international Airport) Code, also it's Stock index (Singapore Exchange), so why ban that???
and geek is what we call ourselves, obviously, no offense...
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31 Loie Favre Admin Staff Dec 4, 2013 Link to comment
Philipp, good try but the most common meaning for the acronym STI is ''sexually transmitted infections''.
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37 My1 Dec 4, 2013 Link to comment
ok didnt know...
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