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Rule "Profanity"

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Description:	Profanity
Message:	"Fag" is colloquial British English for "cigarette", but in American English, it's a slur for a homosexual man.
Category:	Style (ID: STYLE)
Link:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag
Tags:	[picky]
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Smoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school.
Pattern:	Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
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ID:	PROFANITY_XML [5]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-03 22:33:08 +0200)