Scunthorpe problem

English

Etymology

Named after the erroneous censorship of the word Scunthorpe, an English town, by the Internet service AOL, because it contained the substring cunt.

Examples
Penistone – contains penis classic – contains ass cum laude – contains cum horsemen – contains semen

Noun

the Scunthorpe problem

1. The unintentional blocking of harmless online content, such as emails, searches or accounts, by profanity filters or spam detectors, due to a substring resembling an obscene word.

Further reading

• Scunthorpe problem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia