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Probably provides the title for a new [=TruTV=] series debuting in April 2012.

Also particularly helpful to parents who are at home - believe it or not, some people on the Internet do have small children and still find time to netsurf[[note]]The trope pages for kids shows don't write themselves, after all - when you watch an episode of ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' enough times in a row a parent might as well make a recap page for it![[/note]]. These same people like to have a warning to wait until the children are in another room before clicking a link.

Also particularly helpful to parents who are at home - believe it or not, some people on the Internet do have small children and still find time to netsurf. These same people like to have a warning to wait until the children are in another room before clicking a link.

So called because if you are caught reading a page that is NotSafeForWork at work, you can get fired. For the more graphic NSFW pages, even having them in the hard drive or cache of a work computer can get you fired. Even showing up in the server log files could be unhealthy.

!! NSFW In Fiction

* [=NSFW=] not safe full stop.

** And [[http://xkcd.com/631/ vaginas]] (NSFW, obviously).

* Not quite on topic, but GeorgeMacDonaldFraser's novel ''ThePyrates'' mentions a three-tier rating system upper class British girls had for upper class British boys (apparently referring to danger to one's virginity) that included, in ascending order of peril, Not Safe At Vauxhall, Not Safe In Sedan Chairs and Not Safe Anywhere.

* Does your URL include [[ImageBoards "chan" or "booru"]]? Then it qualifies.

* Does your URL include "[[ImageBoards chan]]"? Then it qualifies.

Incidentally, get back to work before [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife your boss notices you slacking off by browsing this site]].

** Although some fourteen-year-old sisters know things from the conversations in the girls' bathroom at school their moms would be SHOCKED to hear.
*** Including this troper, who is a fourteen-year-old sister.

A common internet warning, usually denoting a picture or video that you wouldn't want to show up when you are surfing the web at work. It's one thing to just look up the latest news or check your email. It's another to be looking at porn. Anything with nudity in it at all will usually often get labeled thus, on the off chance that a passing observer simply ''thinks'' you might be looking at porn.

Also applies to school, of course. Usually even being caught simply going to sites like YouTube, {{Facebook}}, or {{Dailybooth}} can get you in pretty big trouble there; being caught looking at anything "pornographic" will guarantee a trip to the vice principal's office, plus several detentions, or a suspension, or something similar.

** Although some fourteen-year-old sisters know things from the conversations in the girls' bathroom at school their moms would be SHOCKED to hear.

* Not quite on topic, but {{George MacDonald Fraser}}'s novel ''ThePyrates'' mentions a three-tier rating system upper class British girls had for upper class British boys (apparently referring to danger to one's virginity) that included, in ascending order of peril, Not Safe At Vauxhall, Not Safe In Sedan Chairs and Not Safe Anywhere.

Also applies to school, of course. Usually even being caught simply going to sites like [[{{YouTube}} YouTube]] or {{Facebook}} can get you in pretty big trouble there; being caught looking at anything "pornographic" will guarantee a trip to the vice principal's office, plus several detentions, or a suspension, or something similar.

* [=NSS=]: Not Sanity Safe.
* NSFS: Not Safe For the Soul/Sanity.

* [[{{XKCD}} "Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)."]]

Probably provides the title for a new [=TruTV=]series debuting in April 2012.

So called because if you are caught reading a page that is NotSafeForWork at work, you can get fired. For the more graphic NSFW pages, even having them in the hard drive or cache of a work computer can get you fired.

Also known as '''''PROMOTIONS''''' through MemeticMutation: Posting non-worksafe material on [[ImageBoard image boards]] designated to be viewable "in restricted viewing environments" is known to elicit complaints from people who claim to have been fired for being caught on the spot, while others jokingly spun this off into posting about how they had just been promoted as a direct consequence of this. Still others claim it stands for "Now Show Friends and Workmates." It usually doesn't.

It's well-known but rarely mentioned fact that if you're a guy, then almost anything that TastesLikeDiabetes will be not safe for work for you! Just try and browse through {{Kirby}} or Locoroco fanart at work and see the reactions of coworkers!

* [=NSFRW=]: Not Safe For [[MoralGuardians Republican]] Work -- no one else cares.

A [[StockPhrases stock Internet phrase]], usually denoting a picture or video that you wouldn't want to show up when you are surfing the web at work. It's one thing to just look up the latest news or check your email. It's another to be looking at porn. Anything with nudity in it at all will usually often get labeled thus, on the off chance that a passing observer simply ''thinks'' you might be looking at porn.

[=NSFW=] can be applied to vulgar or violent, as well as pornographic, content. It may also be applied if the link requires sound, as not a lot of people have headphones at work (or should be wearing headphones, depending on the job).

Incidentally, get back to work before your boss notices you slacking off by browsing this site.