Word Wars

No bad words allowed:

The list of "Banned Words" in the teacher's classroom spanned more than a dozen individual words such as "Ohio," which can mean "weird," "cringe" or "dumb," among Generation Alpha circles; "rizz," which is short for "charisma"; and "skibidi," which refers to a series of videos featuring animated talking heads that emerge from toilets. "Diddy party," "baby oil," "brain rot" and "rage quitting" also made the viral list. The poster further includes a blanket ban on meowing, barking, curse words, racist comments, LGBTQ+ and fat jokes, and references to drugs, Nazis or the Holocaust. School administrators told Fox News Digital in an emailed statement Thursday afternoon that students helped craft the list "as an important lesson of civic responsibility … promoting empathy and awareness of how language affects others." They added that the "chart has not been displayed since the first quarter." "Our goal is not to censor or stifle student speech, but to guide students toward language that fosters a positive and inclusive learning environment," officials from the rural district located in southwestern Iowa added. Saying "any of these words listed" was punishable by a 30-minute detention, according to a note at the bottom of the poster. A parent told FIRE that at least 10 students have been disciplined, but school administrators said "consequences are not based solely upon using particular words, unless they are considered vulgar, lewd, threatening, a substantial disruption of the school environment, or bullying toward another student."

Keep ypur animal noises to yourself...