How to stop Android’s fucking profanity policing bullshit

Android apparently thinks I have a potty mouth.

To be fair, it’s right. I do have a potty mouth. I also regard this as none of my phone’s goddamn business.

Specifically the problem is that Android does not auto complete or correct profanity. It’s in the dictionary, but it will never correct typos for profanity or allow me to swipe type it. Apparently it’s really convinced that I like to talk about ducking, and that when I complain about this fact I am hitching.

I did a bunch of searching on this and couldn’t find a solution. Some mild lateral thinking provided me with one though. Here’s some Google bait to share it.

Basically, the problem is that the word is in the dictionary with a special flag that says “You can’t use this word”. It’s recognised but disallowed.

So the solution is to get it to ignore the fact that it’s in that dictionary. As well as the system dictionary you have your personal dictionary (where it remembers words you’ve said “Remember this word”). You can manually edit that dictionary. This feature is mostly to remove existing words that you’ve accidentally added, but it works for adding new words too.

How to do this:

  1. Go to settings
  2. Select “Language and Input”
  3. Select “Personal Dictionary”
  4. Select “+”
  5. Select the Phrase field
  6. Add the specific profane word you want to use in that field
  7. Select “Next” on your keyboard
  8. Select “Done” on your keyboard
  9. Select “Back” to go back to the dictionary
  10. That word is now in your personal dictionary and should be usable.

You have to manually add every word that you want to use this way, but once you add any given word it will be picked up correctly. About fucking time.

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6 thoughts on “How to stop Android’s fucking profanity policing bullshit

  1. Ben

    Thanks! Now I can autocomplete “butt,” which clocks in at grade 3 level on the old profanity meter. Does it really expect me to say “posterior” or “bum”? That’s a load of horse shit.

  2. Adiz

    Hi,

    I share your frustration and appreciate you taking time to tell the world/android that this patronizing moral dictatorship is a major inconvenience to those of us arnt nuns or monks and is also complete fucking bullshit.

    Thanks :>

  3. BootLoop

    I know this is an old post, but fucking CyanogenMod has an option to not suggest profanity. I shut that motherfucker off. Fucking A!

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