Love this: "The Forbidden Words Quilt, led by Lorraine Woodruff-Long and Patricia Hickey, is a community quilt project launched in August 2025 and completed in 2026 with contributions from 195 quilters from all 50 U.S. states and D.C. and 5 countries. The quilt features 384 words and phrases identified by #PENAmerica.org [@penamerica] that are among the growing list of words being scrubbed from government websites and documents and flagged for review by federal agencies."
https://mailchi.mp/quiltinginthefog/july2024-6423127#mctoc1

h/t @lschiff

#BannedWords #Censorship #DefendResearch #Quilts #Quilting #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

For the 50th year in a row, a group of linguists chose 10 English words that need to be banned

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/for-the-50th-year-in-a-row-a-group-of-linguists-came-together-and-banned-10-english-words

That's a long time.

Lake State Superior University has been releasing the Banished Words list for 50 years.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/01/01/lake-superior-state-banned-words-list-2026/87973328007/

#BannedWords #words #LakeSuperiorStateUniversity

The #NaziDon Administration gave #Headstart a 6 page list of #BannedWords they are PROHIBITED from using when filing for Federal Funding. 🤦‍♂️

Look at this list. They aren't "swear words" or overtly sexual. They're banning words like "activism", "black", "Native American", "climate crisis", "systemic" & "trauma".

(I'll post the 6 page list below.)
https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2025/12/Doc-135-1-Dec.-of-Mary-Roe.pdf

#uspol #Censorship #BannedWords

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/28/energy-department-climate-change-emissions-banned-words-00583649

Ok, so, while I'm back on that list of banned words, it seems appropriate to get some laughs about banned words, so please enjoy George Carlin. #BannedWords #comedy #CulturalTreasures

https://youtu.be/kyBH5oNQOS0?si=udMToVIY4yZk5gbu

#BannedWords

"Doonesbury"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/strip/archive/ 2025/05/18