Not safe for work (NSFW), not worksafe (NWS), not schoolsafe or not suitable for school or work (NSSW) is Internet slang or shorthand. Typically, the NSFW tag is used on interactive discussion areas (such as internet forums, blogs, and community websites) to mark URLs or hyperlinks that may be sexually explicit, so that the reader can avoid content that may be objectionable. NSFW has particular relevance for individuals making personal use of the Internet at workplaces or schoolplaces that have policies prohibiting access, even inadvertently, of sexually explicit images. Companies and universities frequently adopt such policies because they regard the presence of sexually explicit images as a misuse of company property and, potentially, a violation of sexual harassment policy. Internet slang is slang which Internet users have coined and promulgated. ... Shorthand is an abbreviated, symbolic writing method that improves speed of writing or brevity as compared to a normal method of writing a language. ... There are several conceptual views of interactivity, the most general being the contingency view. ... A weblog (usually shortened to blog, but occasionally spelled web log or weblog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles, most often in reverse chronological order. ... A Uniform Resource Locator, URL (spelled out as an acronym, not pronounced as earl), or Web address, is a standardized address name layout for resources (such as documents or images) on the Internet (or elsewhere). ... A hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference in a hypertext document to another document or other resource. ... Pornographic movies Pornography (from Greek πορνη prostitute and γραφία written material) (also informally referred to as porn or porno) is the representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ... A company in the broadest sense is an aggregation of people who stay together for a common purpose. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Sexual harassment is harassment of a sexual nature, typically in the workplace or other setting where raising objections or refusing may have negative consequences. ...

Determining a site to be NSFW can be subjective in some cases. The less frequently used warnings PNSFW (Probably/Possibly Not Safe For Work) and LSFW (Less Safe For Work) are sometimes used to indicate content that may be considered salacious by particularly strict censors, such as images of underwear models or a news story about sexual issues that does not contain explicit images. NSFW is also sometimes used to refer to any media that produces sound, such as a game or video file, the implication being that the noises may alert others in the vicintity that the user is viewing entertainment materials instead of working. Subject (philosophy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A pair of mens briefs Undergarments, also called underwear or sometimes intimate clothing, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. ...

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The tag SFW (Safe For Work), worksafe, and schoolsafe is used to mean the opposite of NSFW; it denotes material which is generally not objectionable. This is of particular use when the context or name of the link would make people wary of following it.

The tag NSFA (Not Safe For Anyone), NSFHE (Not Safe For Human Eyes) or NLS (Not Life Safe) is sometimes used to mark materials that are likely to be extremely disturbing or offensive. NSFA content is not necessarily sexual in nature--for example, graphic images of extreme bodily injury.

The tag NSFS (Not Safe For Sanity) is used to denote links, images or postings that are not grotesque, as with NSFA, but may display things of a disturbing and sometimes overtly sexual nature, such as a 700 lb. woman doing jumping jacks.