NSFW is all anger today and if you are active on social media, you must read this somewhere in the post or joke. If not, then get used to this popular abbreviation ‘NSFW’ so you can follow the trend.
This guide will take you through all information about NSFW including what stands for NSFW, its use, and more.
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NSFW- What does it mean?
The abbreviation of NSFW means or means ‘is not safe to work’. The acronym represents a warning that the content you will watch or listen is inappropriate to watch in public. Usually, this word is used regarding pornographic content as a warning for unpleasant, hard, obscene, or political content.
NSFW The urban dictionary is defined “NSFW” as a short term for ‘not safe to work’ in 2003, and then, in 2015, added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Use of NSFW.
Initially, abbreviations used to represent posts or emails that you must avoid looking at your office or with someone around. However, this term has evolved so much that the time used is not limited to the workplace again. NSFW has become more than the adjective now and is used to describe all kinds of rough posts, dirty memes or photos, and tongue-in-cheek jokes and also warnings if you will watch it in public. NSFW is used to define things that are not safe to watch or be heard at work and can save you from shame.
For example, if your children are there and you will open the link that says NSFW, this can save you from awkward moments in front of them.
From YouTube videos, e-mail, links, news articles, NSFW can be found everywhere. This term can represent anything that can make you or someone around you uncomfortable. NSFW is sometimes accompanied by another term ‘tw’ which is a ‘warning trigger’.
For example, if the video has the potential to interfere with content such as sexual harassment, violence, eating disorders, self-damage, which will have a warning like “NSFW TW: Video”.
The origin of NSFW.
Return to the era when there is no digital, it’s easier to find and avoid inappropriate content. Terms such as PG, PG-13, R, NC-17 are used to classify films into different categories so parents can easily determine whether a film is suitable for watching their children.
However, everything has changed over time and you never know when you go to something inappropriate on the internet. There are a few examples where people click on the link assuming it’s something else and finally feel embarrassed. In addition, most people on the internet do not assume need to mark their inappropriate content.
The representative has provided a brief history of NSFW where he explained that the term evolved from the culture of Snopes.com forum. This happened in 1998 when a woman visited the forum to report that users had to label posts as ‘NFBSK’ (not for English school children) every time something inappropriate. Slowly, NFBSK makes entries to each other forum and chat room and with time, it is transformed into NSFW.
NSFW is the term recreated for the warning “this show contains a scene that can allud on several viewers.”
When to say NSFW?
Knowing the latest internet jargon like ‘GG’ which is popular in playing games makes you trendy but it’s not enough. More importantly to know when to say that the term that exists to save you from a shame will eventually put you in a awkward situation.
NSFW, when used as a label is quite useful especially when it comes before inappropriate content such as email headers, websites, youtube videos, and so on.
Even if you send NSFW in a text message, it will mean the same and can be used at the beginning of the text message as a warning. This will tell that person that the message has some inappropriate text written and he can save himself from an uncomfortable situation.
Note – It is not recommended to send inappropriate content to someone if you know it will make them uncomfortable or you just ask before crashing the send button.
Not everyone will be quite responsible for adding NSFW before sending you something inappropriate, so it’s your responsibility to ask the sender before clicking on whatever link- ‘Is this NSFW?’ Or you can ask ‘Is this SFW?’ ‘Safe to work’ and can be used in the same way as NSFW.
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It’s always good to stay updated with trend slang words because you never know when you will deal with it. Hopefully this information about NSFW is useful for you, and if yes, then forward it to your friends too.