Bad words in Debian.

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:00:03 +0000
Debian

A discussion on the debian-project mailing list caught my attention to an Italian word meaning something like “would you be so kind to please go somewhere else?”, but in a more direct and vulgar manner. I then used http://codesearch.debian.net to study its usage more in detail.

I found it in:

the source code of XEmacs;

a list of bad words to filter conversations in BZflag;

the random sentence generator PolyGen;

the source code of the board game Tagua;

a database of offensive fortunes for the educative platform WIMS;

the crossword game parolottero;

a database of offensive fortunes for login screens and email signatures;

a list of (too) frequent passwords;

a source code comment aimed at somebody called Wolf;

a collection of rude gestures in the xwrists package.

That was a refreshing and pleasant recreation in the Debian package universe.