It's when an innocent name is blocked automatically online by overzealous filters because it contains the letters of a rude word. Places like Scunthorpe, Penistone and Clitheroe suffer from the weird IT issue because of the rude words in their names that the internet can't deal with. The issue isn't only reserved for dodgy-sounding towns - people have been sharing hilarious examples of times their names were too rude-sounding for the internet. The post received over 21,000 likes - and even better, it turns out she isn't the only one who has encountered this problem. A man called Mike Dickman responded to the post: "As a Dickman I know the struggle is real".
Source: Daily Mirror September 29, 2018 14:19 UTC