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John Brown (no body) Silver badge

"Beaver College changed its name to Arcadia University in part because of overeager web filters, with smutty jokes providing the rest of the motivation."

Another reason why so-called "smut" filters need to be localised and look at context. Here in the UK, few people would see the smutty connotation of the word beaver in normal use, except in US comedies/jokes.

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