Google Blacklist - Words That Google Instant Doesn't Like

I stumbled on this the other day and it made me think about how stupid and pointless and counterproductive censorship really is. Have a look at this list that I lifted outright from http://www.2600.com/googleblacklist/

Google Instant is the latest incarnation of the search engine that fills in potential responses as you type them into the Google search bar. Many people think this is great while others feel as if Google is reading their minds and are freaked out by it.

Like everything these days, great care must be taken to ensure that as few people as possible are offended by anything. Google Instant is no exception. Somewhere within Google there exists a master list of "bad words" and evil concepts that Google Instant is programmed to not act upon, lest someone see something offensive in the instant results... even if that's exactly what they typed into the search bar. I call it Google Blacklist.

Give it a try. Go to the Google home page. Type in "puppy" and see the many results that fill your screen. Now type "bitch" and admire the blank screen. In this case, the two words could mean the exact same thing. But Google Instant is erring on the side of caution, protecting the searcher from seeing something they may not want to see.

Obviously, all you have to do is hit return to get the results like you always could. However, even when your request isn't blacklisted, you're not getting the SAME results that you would get by hitting return. Entering "murder" into the search bar and hitting a space gets you suggestions of mostly band names. It's only after you hit return that you can learn the other sinister meaning of the word. What we have here is a demonstration of how content can be filtered, controlled, and ultimately suppressed. It is indeed a good thing that Google isn't evil.

If you find a Google Blacklist word or phrase that isn't included here, email us at blacklist@2600.com and we'll add it (no questions asked). We're getting a ton of submissions and we're adding new ones as often as we can. Keep them coming!

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Google Blacklist Words

(the capital letter indicates where the blacklist kicks in

2g1c (blacklists on the "1") 4chan (blacklists if a "B" or "Y" is entered after a space) a2m (blacklists after space) acrotOmophilia (the things you can learn from this list!) adUlt (seriously!) amaTeur anal (blacklists after a space) anilinGus anuS (there really seems to be more blacklisting in this part of the anatomy than anywhere else) are (this is a VERY interesting one. if you stick "are" after the following words, the blacklist kicks in: Jews, Christians, Catholics born-again Christians, evangelical Christians, atheists, Muslims, blacks, whites, Italians, Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese, Germans, Arabs, French, Buddhists. the blacklist does NOT kick in when these words are entered before "are": terrorists, scientologists, agnostics, seventh day adventists, Jehovah’s witnesses, Mormons, protestants, evangelists, Pentecost lists, Columbians, Panamanians, Iranians, Iraqis, Koreans, Persians, Turks.) are idiotS (most any word before this phrase will generate a blacklist - this is really protecting us from ANY sort of negativity) areole aryaN (it's not JUST a racist movement, Google - go read Wikipedia) asian baBe ass (blacklists after a space - you will thus see nothing for "ass monkey") assHole (OK to say on network TV but not here) assmUnch (you can even say this one in church) auto eRotic autoerotiC babeS in Toyland (thank you Google for sheltering us from the 1961 film classic) babelAnd baby battEr ball GravY (who comes up with these?) ball SaCk ball gaG ball kiCking (goodbye football) ball liCking ball sUcking bangBros barebAck barely Legal barenAked ladies (let this be a warning when picking offensive band names) bastardO (yet bastard is OK) bastinAdo bbW bdsM beaver clEaver beaver lipS bestiAlity betty doDson bi cUrious (not around Google) bianca bEauchamp big blAck (they weren't THAT bad a punk band) big knOckers (knockers by itself is fine) big tiTs bimboS birdlOck biseXual (why this is offensive while heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, trisexual aren't is beyond us) bitcH (there are probably more inoffensive uses of this word than any in this list) black coCk (blacklisted, but "white cock" isn't and will get you a list of inoffensive suggestions) blonde actIon blonde on blonde aCtion blow J blow your L blue wafFle [thanks Andrew] blumPkin bolloCks (never mind them - at least the Sex Pistols aren't blacklisted) bondAge boneR booB booty Call brown showerS (apparently it's OK if you just try one) brunette Action bukKake (knowing words like this is how you win at Jeopardy) bulldYke bullet vIbe bung hOle (but "bung hammer" is helpfully suggested before the blacklist kicks in) bungHole (thank you Beavis & Butthead) bustY butt (blacklists after a space, so you won't see results for "butt exercises") buttHole (we suspect the Butthole Surfers are fit to be tied over this) buttcHeeks (yet buttcrack is allowed) camel Toe camgIrl camslUt camwHore carol quEen (apparently being a sexologist is enough to get you on the blacklist) carpet mUncher carpetmUncher chastity bElt chocolate roseBuds (but vanilla rosebuds are fine) chrissie wUnna circleJerk cleveland stEamer (but "cleveland steamers gets suggestions) clit (blacklists after a space) clitoriS (we're not sure why they waited until the last letter) clover clampS clusterFuck cocainE (but "crack" and "heroin" are inoffensive) cock (blacklists after a space, narrowly averting a "cockpit" blacklist) cockS consensual Intercourse coprolaGnia (at last, people who inadvertently type this word into Google won't face any potentially offensive definitions) coprophIlia (now there's a twenty dollar word) cornhOle courtney troUble cream pIe creamPie crossDresser (but not transvestite) [thanks my weekend shoes] cuckoLd (this one dates back to 1250, but it dies here) cum (blacklists after a space) cumming (blacklists after a space) cunT cunniLingus darkiE date rApe daterApe deep thRoat deeptHroat dick (blacklists after a space - yes, "Dick Armey" and "Tricky Dick Nixon" are blacklisted as is anything that follows "Philip K. Dick" like "stories") dilDo dirty pillowS dirty sAnchez (someonme ought to tell Google that this is the name of a TV show on MTV) dog stylE doggie sTyle doggiesTyle doggy Style doggyStyle dolcett (blacklists after space) dominatIon dominatRix dommeS donkey pUnch double donG double pEnetration (hopefully a single penetration test will be enough) dp acTion ducky doOlittle (sexologist) eat my Ass (most anything followed by "my ass" will result in a blacklist) ecchI ecstasY (one of the more ineffective blacklists as results for the drug are seen up until the last letter) ejaCulation (but if you go on to type "ejaculate" suggestions will return at the E - go figure) electrotorTure eroTic eroTism escoRt (used to be such a nice safe word) ethical sLut euNuch (suggestions only) fagGot (however, "fag" apparently is not an issue at all) fantasieS (how sad for this word to be blacklisted) fapsErver fecaL (who types this without expecting fecal matter?) felcH (misspelling of "feltch") fellaTio feltCh femDom female deSperation female sQuirting fetIsh figginG fingerIng (fingering someone for a crime is just not acceptable) fistIng foot fEtish footjoB freeonEs frotTing fuCk fucK butTons (this is the name of a band - oddly enough, all sorts of results are displayed after the space and before the second "T") fudge paCker fudgePacker futaNari (so the Japanese word for hermaphrodite is blacklisted even though that word itself isn't) g-sPot gang Bang gay bOy gay dog (blacklists after a space - oddly enough, "gay dogs" isn't blacklisted) gay man (blacklists after a space) gay men (blacklists after a space, saving "gay men's chorus") gay sEx genitalS get my siSter (because that can only mean one thing - incidentally, "got my sister" works just fine) giant cocK ginger lYnne girl oN girl on tOp girls goNe wild goatcx goatsE gokKun golden shoWer goo gIrl goodpoOp ("good poop" shows up fine though) goodviBes (suggestions are given but no results) google is Evil (technically, "*anything* is evil" is blocked, including "hitler is evil" which basically means the only suggestion you get after typing "hitler is" is "hitler is god") goregaSm (this one really took some digging) grinGo grope (blacklists after a space and the letter a, b, c, e, j, n, o, p, r, s, t, v, or x group sEx gurO hairY (when did THAT become a bad word?) hand Job handJob happy slapping Video hard coRe hardCore hate (blacklists after a space, bring political correctness to a new extreme) hedoP (we're embarrassed to admit it, but we can't figure out the rest, and without Google to make suggestions, we're kinda stuck) henTai homoeRotic honkeY hookUp hookeR (for some reason, "prostitute" and "whore" are just fine, though) hot chiCk how to kilL how to murdeR huge fAt (how many huge fat things can YOU think of?) humpIng i haTe (yes, "i hate blacklists" is blacklisted) inceSt insertionS interraCial jack ofF jackie StranO jacobs ladder piercing (blacklists after the space for some reason) jail bAit jailbAit jenna Jameson jerk Off jesse jaNe jiZz jigaBoo (nobody can seem to agree on a spelling for this) jiggaBoo jiggerbOo john holMes jordan caPri juggS kama (blacklists after a space) kamasUtra kike (blacklists after a space but not before the damage is done) kinbaKu kinkY kinksTer (it sounds so innocent and playful - thank you Google for shielding us) knobbiNg (Google may inadvertently be supplying schoolchildren and parents everywhere with a way of figuring out every possible sexual innuendo latinA (the feminine form of Latino is deemed by Google to be a "bad word") leather restRaint leather straIght jacket (a straight jacket is OK, as long as it's not leather) lemon paRty (it all sounds so innocent - "lemonparty still works though) lesBian (this is one of the most shocking blacklists) lickeD linda lOvelace lingErie (come on Google, people do have to buy the stuff at some point) lolIta (only the title of a classic film) lovemaKing loverS (blacklist disappears after a space is entered) lsD madison YouNg make me coMe male squiRting (blacklist takes effect three letters further from the female counterpart) mastUrbate (Google is even kind enough to blacklist "Masterbate" for those who can't spell) matUre (apparently not anymore) mdmA meatS (results are shown after hitting a space though) menage a tRois miki saWaguchi (a popular porn star in Japan) milF missionary Position motherFucker (pretty much anything with this suffix is blacklisted) mound of Venus mr handS muff Diver muffDiving murdeR naKed ("Naked Lunch", "Naked Chef", "Naked Brothers Band", all blacklisted) nambLa naughtY (results are given after a space but this word alone is too risky - Santa would approve) nawashI negrO (hardly accepted universally as an offensive word) neonaZi (but not "Nazi" or "Fascist" or "Ku Klux Klan") new porNographers (really cool band out of Canada who clearly don't know where to draw the line) nig nOg nigGa (entering more letters removes the blacklist which is a rarity) nigGer nimpHomania (for those who are spelling-impaired) nina HArtley nippleS nonconseNt nsfw imageS (everything up to the singular form gets suggestions) nuDe (it's really not THAT bad a word) nymphO nymphOmania octopusSy (James Bond is really pissed off over this) omorAshi (the things we're learning from the Google Blacklist!) one cup two Girls (nice try but Google is way too smart for that kind of trickery) one guy one Jar (amusingly, this appears in suggestions) orgY orgaSm paedoPhile pamela Anderson (seems just a bit extreme) pantY pantiEs paris Hilton (we're not objecting to the blacklist, but seriously?) pedoBear (oh noes!) pedoPhile peggIng peniS (is it really still the 1950s in Googleland?) philip kindRed dick (this one is a real mystery to us as the blacklist comes well before the "dick" part) phone seX piece of shIt piss pIg pissIng pisspIg playbOy (suggestions are given but no results) pleasure cHest pole sMoker ponypLay poof (if you hit a space, poof! your results disappear!) poop chUte poopcHute porN (it's only the reason the entire net was created and yet it's blacklisted here) pre tEen preteEn prince albert pIercing prolapsed (blacklists if an "A" or "R" is typed after a space) pthC (something pedophiles use for "preteen hardcore" in their filenames and whatnot) pubeS pusSy (Google has a thing about cats apparently) queaF r@yGold (another "code" word that pedophiles use in their filenames so that other pedos can search for it on sharing programs) ragheAd raging boNer rapE ("rape hotline" is hereby considered offensive) rapinG rapisT rapping woMen (it's either musical bias or a really wide berth for people who don't know how to spell) rectuM (again, that entire area of the body seems to be off limits) redTube (you know you've made it when the name of your website makes the blacklist) reverse coWgirl rimjOb (some people really are still referring to cars when they say this) rimmIng rosy palM (starting a third word un-blacklists, unless you want the next entry) rosy palm and Her 5 sisters ruLe 34 (this one is strange - suggestions continue to appear with no results, unless you hit a space at the end in which case it all goes back to normal - very weird) rusty tRombone (we're impressed - someone is really doing their homework) s&M ("s and m" is one clever away around the blacklist) sadie lunE sadisM sasha Grey savage lOve (the sex column is blacklisted but not "savage arms" - after all, weapons are good, sex is offensive) scat (as in what you might say to a cat) schloNg schoolGirl scissorIng seduceD semen (blacklists after space) servitUde (wait a minute - REALLY?) servitUrE (the blacklist is removed between the two capital letters) sex (not blacklisted on its own but many words typed after it will trigger one... it will blacklist almost any word it FOLLOWS - but, oddly enough, not "oral") sexO sexY shanna katZ (part of the sexologist blacklist) shar reDnaur shauna gRant shaved Beaver shaved Pussy shay Lauren sheMale shibaRi shit (blacklists after a space, which is way too late to avoid offense) shotA shrimpinG slanteYe sleazy D (continuing with some letters will bring results back) slit (blacklists after space) sluT (what exactly makes "whore" OK and "slut" off limits?) smells like teEn spirit (someone at Google doesn't like Nirvana) smut (blacklists after the space) snaTch snowballIng sodomIze sodomY spanK spic (blacklists after a space) spoogE spread lEgs spunky tEens (spam is a GREAT source of blacklist material) squirT (can anyone find a LESS overall offensive word that's blacklisted?) stickam Girl stileProject (of course, if you knew what this was, you wouldn't have to Google for it) stormfRont (also absent from suggestions in which stormfront.com, an unrelated site, is shown) strap On strapOn (it will also blacklist with a hyphen - they thought of everything) strappAdo (it seems that only gruesome torture that involves sexual organs is blacklisted on Google - impalement is allowed) strip Club style dogGy submissiVe sucK (while "blow" as usual gets a free pass) sucKs (pretty much anything can't suck if you want to see instant results from Google) suicide gIrls (except it's too late because typing in the g is enough to give you some irrelevant suggestions) sultry wOmen (but apparently there's nothing wrong with "sultry men") swastiKa (perhaps we should just eliminate any results for things that might make people feel bad) swingEr taiNted love (suggestions are given but no results for the number one hit) taste my (a,c,d,f,m,o,p,w all result in a blacklist - you figure out the rest) tea baggIng (oddly enough, "teabagging" is fine) teeN (we had no idea "teen 'everything'" was so offensive) tentacLe threeSome throatiNg tied Up (only about a billion other meanings) tight wHite [thanks Worm] tit (blacklists after a space or the letter "S") tittIes tittY tongue in A tosseR (who would have guessed?) towelHead traci lOrds tranNy transeXual tribaDism tub Girl tubGirl tushY twaT twink (blacklists after space) twinkIe (is NOTHING sacred?) two gIrls (you can't even get CLOSE to the "one cup") two gIrls one cup undressIng upsKirt urethra pLay urophIlia vagIna (if you typed the word, it's likely the results won't shock you) venus mounD vibratoR violet bLue (yet another blacklisted sexologist) violet wAnd (but "violet ray" IS allowed which is basically the older name for the same device - used to be sold for medical purposes, but used for BDSM play in modern days) viviD (probably because of Vivid Video - way to ruin the word for everyone else, guys) vorarEphilia voyEur vulva (after a space, suggestions are given but no results) wanK wartenberg Pinwheel (how many kids accidentally type this?) wartenberg Wheel webcAm (a whole piece of technology can only be used for offensive purposes in Google's eyes) wet dreaM (God forbid) wetbaCk white PowEr (but not "Black Power" - it's all in the marketing, after all) women rappIng (there does seem to be some musical bias at Google) wrapping meN (this one is a genuine mystery to us - and yes, "wrapping women" shows up fine) wrinkled starfiSh xX (probably the quickest way to trigger a blacklist) yaoI yellow showerS (singular is fine as you may be looking for a yellow shower curtain) yiffY zoopHilia

Words That Google Has Added Since This List Went Up (from our list of non-blacklisted words at the bottom of the page - sorry!)

heroiN (added 2010-09-23) marijuanA (added 2010-09-23)

Words That Are NOT Blacklisted (a bit surprising based on the above)

annie sprinkle apple bong howto asexual baby chowder bastard beaner bearded clam behind the green door bimbo blood play blow bludgeon breast bugger bumming buttcrack buttocks carnage chink church of satan clitoral clitoritis commie coprophagia cory silverberg (sexologist) crack dago diddy ride disembowel dismember dothead dutch oven dyke erection excrement extreme elvis fag fascist feminazi filthy sanchez five knuckle shuffle flick the bean foreplay fornicate foursome g-string goat.se golliwog good poop gook got my sister greaser gtfo hebe hermaphrodite heroin (now blacklisted) heterosexual hickey homosexual honky hottie how to commit genocide how to commit suicide how to torture hustler impalement injun kinsey institute kkk ku klux klan labia lemonparty lindsay lohan making love marijuana (now blacklisted) merkin missionary money shot murder nazi necrophilia nicky hilton nipple nut butter octopussoir oral oral sex outercourse pansy paris whitNey hilton pecker peep show penetration penthouse pervert pickaninny pinko piss poofter pr0n prostitute pubic puppy play queef quickie quim redskin renob retard roman shower ron jeremy russian brides s and m sadist sambo sausage party schoolboy seductive sexual reproduction shaved fish (Yoko breathes a sigh of relief) shocker size queen sjambok skank speculum sperm spook stab submission sultry men susie bright taboo 2 testicle thong transgender trisexual turd vagisil vanilla rosebuds violet ray vulva watersports whore wigger wop wrapping women wtf