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Definition of NSFW
NSFW
adjective
- acronym for "not safe for work". Used as a warning next to web links that go to a web page with images or video that wouldn't be appropriate for workplace viewing (pornography, naked or near-naked people, graphic photos, etc.) Contrast with SFW.
Www.example.com/sextape.html (NSFW)
- See more words with the same meaning: acronyms (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: pornography.
Last edited on Jul 20 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 29 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "law enforcement officer". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "right now". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good game." | |
| Definitions include: short for stuck up bitch. | |
| Definitions include: "homework." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fixed that for you". | |
| Definitions include: menstrual period. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life". | |
| Definitions include: promotional material. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "laughing my rear off" or "laughing my rump off". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "dear partner", i.e. one's unmarried significant other. | |
| Definitions include: "about". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "End of Day." | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "okay". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "too much information". | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: According to Oxford University Press Blog: | |
| Definitions include: "laptop". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "from the article." | |
| Definitions include: For information about the origin of the term, see the term's article on Wikipedia. | |
| Definitions include: low-quality software. | |
| Definitions include: "okay, thanks, bye." | |
| Definitions include: underpowered. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "no big deal". | |
| Definitions include: Used frequently in online gaming. | |
| Definitions include: to send a short message to someone or call them briefly, often to enquire about their availability. | |
| Definitions include: to change something in a small, mindless way. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of signal-to-noise ratio. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in my opinion". | |
| Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group". | |
| Definitions include: A synonym of "swap out". | |
Other terms relating to 'pornography': | |
| Definitions include: the climax of a sex scene in pornography, especially when the man ejaculates on his sex partner's face. | |
| Definitions include: pornography depicting hermaphroditism. | |
| Definitions include: a form of sexual imagery consisting of photographs peering down womens' shirts. | |
| Definitions include: "information" + "pornography". | |
| Definitions include: a genre of pornography depicting gaping orifices. | |
| Definitions include: a pornographic film. | |
| Definitions include: Pornography. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "clothed female, naked male". | |
| Definitions include: pornographic. | |
| Definitions include: to defeat comprehensively. | |
| Definitions include: a person so promiscuous as to be disgusting. | |
| Definitions include: "porn", i.e. pornography. | |
| Definitions include: promiscuous female. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: "pornography". | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'for': | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: return on one's money spent. | |
| Definitions include: to be homosexual. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life". | |
| Definitions include: a phrase used in reference to someone under the influence of opiates who keeps nodding off with their mouth open, as it resembles performing fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B. | |
| Definitions include: British expression meaning that the speaker doesn't want to do something. | |
| Definitions include: to be excited about. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit (noisily). | |
| Definitions include: the person is going to be in trouble. | |
| Definitions include: crazy. | |
| Definitions include: fat. | |
| Definitions include: able to handle or tolerate. | |
| Definitions include: to perform varicose vein surgery. | |
Other terms relating to 'not': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "do not disturb". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a constitutional lawyer". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a lawyer." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a medical doctor". | |
| Definitions include: "I am not a quantum physicist". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not your lawyer". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "in my, not so humble opinion". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I'm not an expert". | |
| Definitions include: appearing last in some list, but not because it's the least important item on the list. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not applicable." | |
| Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not invented here". | |
| Definitions include: a "syndrome" involving a company's hesitance or refusal to use any idea or product it didn't invent or create. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not in my backyard." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for not mind safe. | |
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Other terms relating to 'safe': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for not mind safe. | |
| Definitions include: extremely disturbing. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not safe for anyone". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not safe for life". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not work safe". | |
| Definitions include: attractive. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work." | |
Other terms relating to 'work': | |
| Definitions include: menial work. | |
| Definitions include: work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note. | |
| Definitions include: to take a dump. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work". | |
| Definitions include: unofficial task done in the workplace. | |
| Definitions include: profession. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "not work safe". | |
| Definitions include: a difficult person. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work." | |
| Definitions include: to introduce a complication. | |
| Definitions include: to introduce a complication. | |
| Definitions include: means something is hella good. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "work from home" or "working from home". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "works for me". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Work In progress." | |
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