Google Blacklist - Words That Google Instant Doesn't Like
Updated 2010-09-24 16:40 UTC
Google Instant is the latest incarnation of the search engine that fills in potential responses as you type them into the Google search bar. Some people think this is great while others feel like Google is reading their minds and are freaked out by it. We believe it's fun for at least one reason.
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. We 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 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.
We thought it would be great fun to compile as many of these objectionable terms as possible - and also see what objectionable terms were NOT included. We need your input to help make this a complete list. 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!
This page is NOT suitable for children, ministers, senators, or the mass media.
Google Blacklist Words
(the capital letter indicates where the blacklist kicks in)
* 4chan (blacklists if a "B" or "Y" is entered after a space) [thanks Sasa]
* a2m (blacklists after space) [thanks nic]
* amaTeur [thanks Bill]
* anal (blacklists after a space)
* anilinGus [thanks Bill]
* 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, italians, mexicans, chinese, japanese, germans, arabs, french. 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, pentecostalists, columbians, panamanians, iranians, iraqis, koreans, persians, turks.) [thanks Matt]
* aryaN (it's not JUST a racist movement, Google - go read Wikipedia)
* asian baBe [thanks nic]
* 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)
* autoerotiC [thanks Bill]
* babeS in toyland (thank you Google for sheltering us from the 1961 film classic)
* ball GravY (who comes up with these?) [thanks John]
* ball SaCk [thanks xcitor]
* barebAck [thanks Bill]
* barely Legal [thanks Bill]
* bastinAdo [thanks Jennifer]
* bdsM [thanks nic]
* bianca bEauchamp [thanks Dan]
* bimboS [thanks Bill]
* birdlOck [thanks blacklist bandit]
* biseXual (why this is offensive while heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, trisexual aren't is beyond us) [thanks Mikko]
* 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 [thanks nic]
* blonde on blonde aCtion [thanks nic]
* blow J [thanks John and Pedro]
* blow your L [thanks John]
* blue wafFle [thanks Andrew]
* blumPkin [thanks Bill]
* bolloCks (never mind them - at least the Sex Pistols aren't blacklisted) [thanks John]
* bondAge [thanks nic]
* boneR [thanks Bill]
* booB [thanks Bill]
* brown showerS (apparently it's OK if you just try one) [thanks Jennifer]
* brunette Action
* bukKake (knowing words like this is how you win at Jeopardy) [thanks nic]
* bustY [thanks Bill]
* 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)
* camel Toe [thanks Bill]
* camgIrl [thanks anonymous entity]
* camslUt [thanks blacklist bandit]
* camwHore [thanks anonymous entity]
* carol quEen (apparently being a sexologist is enough to get you on the blacklist) [thanks kate]
* chastity bElt [thanks blacklist bandit]
* circleJerk [thanks anonymous entity]
* clit (blacklists after a space)
* clitoriS (we're not sure why they waited until the last letter)
* clusterFuck [thanks anonymous entity]
* cocainE (but "crack" and "heroin" are inoffensive)
* cock (blacklists after a space, narrowly averting a "cockpit" blacklist)
* cockS
* coprolaGnia (at last, people who inadvertently type this word into Google won't face any potentially offensive definitions) [thanks anonymous entity]
* coprophIlia (now there's a twenty dollar word) [thanks nic]
* cream pIe [thanks nic]
* creamPie [thanks nic]
* cuckoLd (this one dates back to 1250, but it dies here) [thanks anonymous entity]
* cum (blacklists after a space) [thanks John]
* cunT
* cunniLingus
* darkiE
* deep thRoat [thanks nic]
* deeptHroat [thanks nic]
* 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 [thanks Bill]
* dirty pillowS [thanks joe]
* dirty sAnchez (someonme ought to tell Google that this is the name of a TV show on MTV) [thanks xcitor]
* dog stylE [thanks nic]
* doggie sTyle [thanks Bill]
* doggiesTyle [thanks Bill]
* doggy Style [thanks nic]
* doggyStyle [thanks nic]
* dominatIon [thanks Bill]
* dominatIon [thanks nic]
* dominatRix [thanks nic]
* dommeS [thanks anonymous entity]
* donkey pUnch [thanks Bill]
* double donG [thanks xcitor]
* double pEnetration (hopefully a single penetration test will be enough) [thanks nic]
* ecchI [thanks nic]
* ejaCulation (but if you go on to type "ejaculate" suggestions will return at the E - go figure)
* eroTic [thanks Bill]
* eroTism [thanks nic]
* fagGot (however, "fag" apparently is not an issue at all)
* fecaL (who types this without expecting fecal matter?)
* felcH (misspelling of "feltch") [thanks joe]
* fellaTio
* feltCh [thanks John]
* female sQuirting [thanks xcitor]
* fetIsh [thanks Bill]
* fingerIng (fingering someone for a crime is just not acceptable) [thanks Hazel]
* fingerIng (ask any musician about this) [thanks Bill]
* fistIng [thanks kate]
* footjoB [thanks Tarot]
* fuCk
* fudge paCker [thanks Bill]
* futaNari (so the Japanese word for hermaphrodite is blacklisted even though that word itself isn't) [thanks anonymous entity]
* g-sPot [thanks Bill]
* gang Bang [thanks Pedro]
* gay bOy [thanks anonymous]
* gay dog (blacklists after a space - oddly enough, "gay dogs" isn't blacklisted) [thanks anonymous]
* gay man (blacklists after a space) [thanks anonymous]
* gay men (blacklists after a space, saving "gay men's chorus") [thanks anonymous]
* gay sEx [thanks anonymous]
* genitalS [thanks Bill]
* get my siSter (because that can only mean one thing - incidentally, "got my sister" works just fine) [thanks joe]
* girl oN [thanks nic]
* girl on tOp [thanks nic]
* goatcx [thanks nic]
* goatsE [thanks nic]
* golden shoWer [thanks Bill]
* goodpoOp ("good poop" shows up fine though) [thanks joe]
* 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") [thanks Dave]
* grope (blacklists after a space and the letter a, b, c, e, j, n, o, p, r, s, t, v, or x [thanks Pedro]
* group sEx [thanks Bill]
* gurO [thanks blacklist bandit]
* hairY (when did THAT become a bad word?) [thanks joe]
* hand Job [thanks Bill]
* handJob [thanks Omega]
* happy slapping Video [thanks blacklist bandit]
* hard coRe [thanks Bill]
* hardCore [thanks Bill]
* hate (blacklists after a space, bring political correctness to a new extreme) [thanks teh noir]
* 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 [thanks nic]
* homoeRotic [thanks nic]
* honkeY [thanks Bill]
* hookUp
* hookeR (for some reason, "prostitute" and "whore" are just fine, though)
* how to kilL [thanks joe]
* how to murdeR [thanks joe]
* humpIng [thanks Bill]
* i haTe (yes, "i hate blacklists" is blacklisted) [thanks teh noir]
* inceSt [thanks Bill]
* insertionS [thanks Bill]
* interraCial [thanks Bill]
* jack ofF
* jacobs ladder piercing (blacklists after the space for some reason) [thanks anonymous entity]
* jail bAit [thanks Richard]
* jailbAit [thanks Richard]
* jenna Jameson [thanks Bill]
* jerk Off [thanks Spiney]
* jesse jaNe [thanks Bill]
* jiZz [thanks Bill]
* jigaBoo (nobody can seem to agree on a spelling for this) [thanks John]
* jiggaBoo
* jiggerbOo
* john holMes [thanks Bill]
* juggS [thanks Bill]
* kama (blacklists after a space) [thanks nic]
* kamasUtra [thanks nic]
* kike (blacklists after a space but not before the damage is done)
* kinbaKu [thanks Jennifer]
* kinkY [thanks Bill]
* kinksTer (it sounds so innocent and playful - thank you Google for shielding us) [thanks Jennifer]
* knobbiNg (Google may inadvertently be supplying schoolchildren and parents everywhere with a way of figuring out every possible sexual innuendo [thanks Hazel]
* latinA (the feminine form of Latino is deemed by Google to be a "bad word") [thanks nic]
* leather restRaint [thanks Jennifer]
* leather straIght jacket (a straight jacket is OK, as long as it's not leather) [thanks Jennifer]
* lemon paRty (it all sounds so innocent - "lemonparty still works though) [thanks joe]
* lesBian (this is one of the most shocking blacklists)
* lickeD [thanks Bill]
* linda lOvelace [thanks Bill]
* lolIta (only the title of a classic film)
* lovemaKing [thanks Bill]
* loverS (blacklist disappears after a space is entered) [thanks Omega]
* 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) [thanks Spiney]
* menage a tRois [thanks Bill]
* milF [thanks Bill]
* missionary Position [thanks nic]
* motherFucker (pretty much anything with this suffix is blacklisted) [thanks anonymous entity]
* naKed ("Naked Lunch", "Naked Chef", "Naked Brothers Band", all blacklisted)
* nawashI [thanks joe]
* 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)
* nigGa (entering more letters removes the blacklist which is a rarity)
* nigGer
* nimpHomania (for those who are spelling-impaired) [thanks nic]
* nippleS [thanks Bill]
* nuDe (it's really not THAT bad a word)
* nymphO [thanks Bill]
* nymphOmania [thanks nic]
* omorAshi (the things we're learning from the Google Blacklist!) [thanks anonymous entity]
* one cup two Girls (nice try but Google is way too smart for that kind of trickery) [thanks nic]
* one guy one Jar (amusingly, this appears in suggestions) [thanks anonymous entity]
* orgY [thanks Bill]
* orgaSm
* paedoPhile
* pamela Anderson (seems just a bit extreme) [thanks joe]
* pantY [thanks Bill]
* pantiEs [thanks Bill]
* paris Hilton (we're not objecting to the blacklist, but seriously?)
* pedoBear (oh noes!) [thanks xcitor]
* pedoPhile
* 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)
* pissIng [thanks Bill]
* playbOy (suggestions are given but no results) [thanks Bill]
* porN (it's only the reason the entire net was created and yet it's blacklisted here)
* pre tEen [thanks Richard]
* preteEn [thanks Richard]
* prince albert pIercing [thanks nic]
* prolapsed (blacklists if an "A" or "R" is typed after a space) [thanks blacklist bandit]
* pusSy (Google has a thing about cats apparently)
* queaF [thanks Bill]
* rapE ("rape hotline" is hereby considered offensive)
* rapping woMen (it's either musical bias or a really wide berth for people who don't know how to spell) [thanks joe]
* 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) [thanks anonymous entity]
* reverse coWgirl [thanks nic]
* rimjOb (some people really are still referring to cars when they say this)
* rimmIng [thanks nic]
* 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) [thanks Thomas]
* rusty tRombone (we're impressed - someone is really doing their homework) [thanks excitor]
* s&M ("s and m" is one clever away around the blacklist) [thanks joe]
* sadisM [thanks nic]
* scat (as in what you might say to a cat)
* schloNg [thanks Bill]
* schoolGirl [thanks Bill]
* seduceD [thanks Bill]
* servitUde (wait a minute - REALLY?) [thanks joe]
* servitUrE (the blacklist is removed between the two capital letters) [thanks joe]
* 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")
* sexY [thanks Bill]
* shanna katZ (part of the sexologist blacklist) [thanks kate]
* shauna gRant [thanks Omega]
* shaved Beaver [thanks xcitor]
* shibaRi [thanks Jennifer]
* shit (blacklists after a space, which is way too late to avoid offense)
* shotA [thanks anonymous entity]
* slanteYe
* sleazy D (continuing with some letters will bring results back) [thanks joe]
* sluT (what exactly makes "whore" OK and "slut" off limits?)
* smells like teEn spirit (someone at Google doesn't like Nirvana) [thanks Hazel]
* smut (blacklists after the space) [thanks joe]
* snaTch [thanks Bill]
* snowballIng [thanks Bill]
* sodomY [thanks Bill]
* spanK [thanks Bill]
* spic (blacklists after a space)
* squirT (can anyone find a LESS overall offensive word that's blacklisted?) [thanks kate]
* stickam Girl [thanks anonymous entity]
* stileProject (of course, if you knew what this was, you wouldn't have to Google for it) [thanks blacklist bandit]
* stormfRont (also absent from suggestions in which stormfront.com, an unrelated site, is shown) [thanks anonymous entity]
* strappAdo (it seems that only gruesome torture that involves sexual organs is blacklisted on Google - impalement is allowed) [thanks Jennifer]
* strip Club [thanks Bill]
* style dogGy [thanks nic]
* submissiVe [thanks nic]
* sucK (while "blow" as usual gets a free pass)
* sultry wOmen (but apparently there's nothing wrong with "sultry men") [thanks joe]
* swingEr [thanks Bill]
* tea baggIng (oddly enough, "teabagging" is fine) [thanks Jeff]
* teeN (we had no idea "teen 'everything'" was so offensive)
* tentacLe [thanks blacklist bandit]
* threeSome [thanks Bill]
* throatiNg [thanks nic]
* tit (blacklists after a space or the letter "S")
* tittIes [thanks nic]
* tosseR (who would have guessed?) [thanks John]
* towelHead
* traci lOrds [thanks Bill]
* tranNy [thanks Bill]
* tribaDism [thanks Bill]
* tubGirl [thanks xcitor]
* tushY [thanks Bill]
* twaT [thanks xcitor]
* twinkIe (is NOTHING sacred?)
* two gIrls (you can't even get CLOSE to the "one cup") [thanks nic]
* two gIrls one cup [thanks Bill]
* undressIng [thanks Bill]
* upsKirt [thanks nic]
* urophIlia [thanks anonymous entity]
* vagIna (if you typed the word, it's likely the results won't shock you)
* vibratoR [thanks Bill]
* violet bLue (yet another blacklisted sexologist) [thanks kate]
* voyEur [thanks Bill]
* wet dreaM (God forbid)
* wetbaCk [thanks xcitor]
* 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) [thanks joe]
* wrapping meN (this one is a genuine mystery to us - and yes, "wrapping women" shows up fine) [thanks joe]
* wrinkled starfiSh [thanks xcitor]
* yaoI [thanks blacklist bandit]
* yellow showerS (singular is fine as you may be looking for a yellow shower curtain) [thanks blacklist bandit]
Words That Google Has Added Since This List Went Up (from our list of non-blacklisted words at the bottom of the page - sorry!)
* marijuanA (added 2010-09-23)
Words That Are NOT Blacklisted (a bit surprising based on the above)
apple bong howto
asexual
bastard
bimbo
blow
blood play
bludgeon
breast
bugger
bumming
buttocks
carnage
church of satan
clitoral
clitoritis
crack
disembowel
dismember
dyke
erection
excrement
fag
fascist
foreplay
fornicate
foursome
g-string
goat.se
good poop
got my sister
hermaphrodite
heroin
heterosexual
hickey
homosexual
honky
hottie
how to commit suicide
how to commit genocide
how to torture
hustler
impalement
kkk
ku klux klan
labia
lemonparty
lindsay lohan
making love
marijuana (now blacklisted)
missionary
murder
nazi
necrophilia
nicky hilton
nipple
oral
outercourse
pansy
paris whitNey hilton
pecker
peep show
penetration
penthouse
pervert
piss
poofter
pr0n
prostitute
pubic
puppy play
queef
quickie
ron jeremy
russian brides
s and m
sadist
sausage party
schoolboy
seductive
sexual reproduction
shaved fish (Yoko breathes a sigh of relief)
shocker
skank
speculum
sperm
spook
stab
submission
sultry men
testicle
thong
transgender
trisexual
turd
vagisil
vulva
whore
wop
wrapping women
