Subtle wrote: » Never heard of the term myself in my life - only went looking at the thread to find out what it meant! I wonder how well known it is..
Owryan wrote: » If someone used the word retard or ****** or poof in a post they would probably be jumped on by a mod. So why is the word mong/mongo still allowed? It's a word most would associate with as a derogatory term for a person with downs syndrome or intellectual disability. Surely it's use should be banned.
dudara wrote: » Mongo is a derivative of the word “mongoloid”, a derogatory term for those with Downs Syndrome. It has largely fallen out of use thankfully. Can you please point me to where you’ve seen this term on Boards, or if you have reported it to the mods?
Mrs OBumble wrote: » It's also the start of Mongoloid - a perfectly good word to describe people from Mongolia.
riffmongous wrote: » There is a poster who has it in their username, but I cant remember exactly what it is
Tom Mann Centuria wrote: » I don't like the word mong, it is still used as a slur at times for people with Down syndrome or Intellectual disabilities more generally. There are other words and phrases equally unpleasant. I think most people who use it here just use as short hand for "stupid" or "idiot", but it's lazy and the word stupid or idiot works just fine. I don't know if adding a word to the filter, that isn't used that often would work, particularly when people just bypass the filter anyway. I'd report the post and ask if the mod would mind editing, explaining my concern.
DoozerT6 wrote: » I mentioned this very thing in R&R a few days ago. I would also like to see this word added to the filter, although you know people will get around it by putting accents or fadas on the vowels or something. Can't believe people still think it's an acceptable term to use as an insult.
Owryan wrote: It appears to me like boards think it's use is acceptable, which is kind of disappointing.
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dudara wrote: » You're making some big assumptions there. In the Boards Terms of Use, it is explicitly stated Having said that I don't think it's necessary to add it to the swear filter as it's not an outright swear word. The letters "mong" also appear validly in some words (e.g. amongst, monger, fishmonger, mongoose, lemongrass etc) and therefore it's really not appropriate to add the word to the swear filter. However... It is a derogatory term, just like some of the other examples here, and its usage should be called out through reports to the moderators. If you are not happy with the response from the mods, then escalate to a CMod, just as we recommend for any issue.
Will I Am Not wrote: » Is it really any different to words like moron, imbecile or idiot? They have all been terms associated with intellectual disabilities in the past, now used as insults.
Owryan wrote: » I reported it's use yesterday, no action. Came here and started a thread and posted examples of it being used. The last time I checked the post in question was still there with the word in it.
Owryan wrote: I appreciate it's not the biggest problem with boards but if I used n*****r to belittle someone I would expect it to be responded to. And I thank you for at least responding to my post.
Owryan wrote: Fwiw, from searching for the word it appears it's only a few posters who repeatedly use it so it might be something easily stamped out.
mcmoustache wrote: » Mongo is a fairly common word in the development community (gctest linked to their nasdaq link). Mongo DB one of the more popular open source NoSQL database systems out there. Relational databases are more suited to what I do myself but if I needed to put something together for a prototype, mongo might be the way to go.
DoozerT6 wrote: » We're clearly not talking about it in that context here.
Will I Am Not wrote: » If it was added to the swear filter which was suggested then it would make talking about it quite messy.
dudara wrote: » The letters "mong" also appear validly in some words (e.g. amongst, monger, fishmonger, mongoose, lemongrass etc) and therefore it's really not appropriate to add the word to the swear filter.
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