NSFW

What Does “NSFW” Mean, and How Do You Use It?

NSFW is an internet odd acronym that appears in articles and social media posts, but most people have no idea of what it means and how to use it. Over here, we will dig in more explanation of what it means and the possible usage –where, when and so forth.

By the time you have to know the meaning of NSFW, you will know that this article is SFW.  You will get to know why I choose to use that abbreviation (SFW).

Not Safe for Work (NSFW)

The heading must have got your attention to realize what it is talking about. The abbreviation NSFW really stands for “Not Safe for Work”. You will get to know the reason why it is used in articles and social media posts. This phrase when used properly can stand as a warning.

For instance, you may wish to open a page and then you will tell that it is not safe for work. What this NSFW signifies is that the link to the webpage you are seeking contains inappropriate content. It is often time used as a warning label for violent content, foul, or even offensive or political contents.

In spite of its literal meaning (not safe for work), the NSFW acronym is a good saving phrase that keeps you aware of public embarrassment and as a caution from traumatizing your kids.

Also, you can find this on YouTube video contents, in the header of an email, or sometimes on an outgoing link from website content. (Sometimes, it could be news, researches that are not yet proven.

Of course, you may see this as a strategic warning showing that you may not be comfortable with a webpage as a result of broad word dealings, videos that contain detailed images of shades of blood or something more than that.

NSFW Etymology

In as much as Movies carries inappropriate content such as R rating, Dirty magazines, etc, avoiding such content is relatively easy to avoid as long as the content is marked NSFW. But the new age generation can go extra mind in as much as this content is rated NSFW. This is why most shows like the Maury warns to kick children out of the room as soon as possible. This is where it all started (ASAP).

As long as we are in the age of the internet, anyone can create content and you wouldn’t expect anyone to mark their photos, video, and webpages as inappropriate.

The selfish interest has made a lot of things go wrong in the world of the internet because to be sincere, people usually post their inappropriate content where they ought not to do or precisely where content is actually considered appropriate.

To some people’s point of view, the NSFW looks like a modern incarnation whereby the contents contain scenes that may involve shade of blood or things that can get one offended. Despite the fact that it is been used that way now; the word actually came about as a response to a very specific problem.

According to the review from VICE, the word NSFW emerged from the dealings of the Snopes.com’s forum. It started that back in 1998, a woman came on the forum to lay a complaint about how users should label the illegitimate posts as “NFBSK” meaning “Not for British school kids, which they assumed she might have bought a copy of Net Nanny Software.

These complaints turn out to become a joke to the Snopes. So they took it to be funny that Snopes decided to create an NFBSK forum.

In as much as this NFBSK was taken as a joke, it became popular and as such, also addresses a serious problem that other words failed to describe. Hey, the internet is dirty and it is everywhere. This NFBSK made its way into the Myriad forum and chartrooms and now simplified into NSFW.  And it is now part of the Webster’s dictionary!

When do I use NSFW?

Now I will show you how to know when to use this acronym. When you want to make this as a label, then you must place it before the content that is inappropriate that you are sending to signify what the content is going to look like.

Most times when you want to send an attachment of inappropriate content, this NSFW must appear at the header of the email, or even website. In situations that the video content is in autoplay mode (such as YouTube videos) should still have a need to add that to the title.

It can serve as a reply to questions like is this safe for work just like I said earlier that this article is good for work then you can now reply according to the context your discussion is pointing out to.

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