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6	A common internet warning, abbreviated as NSFW, usually denoting a picture or video that you wouldn't want to show up when you are surfing the web at work or else you could get in a LOT of trouble. It's one thing to look up the latest news, check your email or [[PlayingGamesAtWork play]] TabletopGame/{{Solitaire}}. It's another to be looking at UsefulNotes/{{porn\|ography}}. Anything with nudity or partial nudity in it at all will often be labelled thus, on the off chance that a passing observer simply ''thinks'' you might be looking at porn. For the more graphic [=NSFW=] pages, simply 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.
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8	NSFW is also frequently applied to overly vulgar, violent, and crude content. Also applied as a near-synonym for {{Squick}}. It may also be applied if the link requires sound, as not everyone has headphones at work (or should be wearing headphones, depending on the job).
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10	While the term specifies work, it also applies to school. Usually, even being caught visiting casual sites like Website/YouTube, Website/{{Facebook}}, or Dailybooth can get you in pretty big trouble there; being caught looking at anything deemed "pornographic" can result in suspension of technology access, a trip to the (vice) principal's office, detention, suspension, or even expulsion. When it comes to school, anything crude or distracting from the educational experience (though the latter may be relaxed during breaks and lunch) qualifies for this trope, in addition to the above.
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12	Also particularly helpful to parents who are at home - some people 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. Basically, any content that runs the risk of being labeled "inappropriate" if someone else were to catch you checking out outside of the privacy of your own ''bedroom'' can be marked as "NSFW".
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14	[[folder:Other popular phrases for the same concept]]
15	* [=NWS=]: Not Work Safe.
16	* sNSFW: ''So'' not safe for work.
17	* [[Archive/TheSituation NSFG]]: Not Safe For Google.
18	* [=NSFA=]: Not Safe For Anyone/Anywhere/Anything.
19	* NBS: [[BrainBleach Not Brain Safe]]. Alternatively, NSFB (Not Safe for Brain). Either could also refer to something that makes no sense.
20	* [=NSFL=]: Not Safe For Life - indicates content that is, to [[{{Squick}} one extent]] or [[BrainBleach another]], {{nausea\|Fuel}}ting or [[NightmareFuel traumatizing]]. Recommended for: {{Shock Site}}s and [[BodyHorror the bad kind of]] [[MedicalHorror medical documentation]]. More popular than NSFA. Alternatively, Not Safe for [[NauseaFuel Lunch]] (with the idea that such gross content will make you throw up or [[LostMyAppetite lose your appetite]]).
21	* [=NSS=]: [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Not Sanity Safe]].
22	* NSFS:
23	** [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Not Safe For the Soul/Sanity]]. Either of these can be said of something that's technically work-safe but completely insane.
24	** Alternately, Not Safe For School.
25	* [=NSFH=]: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=221 Not Safe For Humanity]].
26	* [=NSFWSOAYCGIT=]: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/03/27/episode-400-not-safe-for-work-school-or-anywhere-you-can-get-in-trouble/Not Safe for Work, School, or Anywhere You Can Get in Trouble]].
27	* [=NSFP=]: Not Safe For Parents.
28	* [=NSFK/NSFM=]: Not Safe for Kids or Not Safe for Minors.
29	* [=NSFBS/NFBSK=]: Not Safe For British Schoolchildren/Not For British School Kids. ''{{WebSite/Snopes}}.com'' uses this phrase to denote its sex-related entries.
30	* [=NFYOSS=]: Not Fourteen-Year-Old Sister Safe -- for anything you wouldn't want the hypothetical sister to see. Mostly used on the ''Webcomic/UserFriendly'' MessageBoard, but sometimes seen elsewhere.
31	* Not Safe For Wife.
32	* [=NSFRW=]: Not Safe For [[MoralGuardians Republican]] Work (or just the far right ones, moderate ones likely wouldn't care).
33	* [[LoopholeAbuse TSFW]]: Technically Safe For Work. Similar to "Mildly [=NSFW=]" in that while no naughty bits are visible, the image is clearly erotic.
34	* [=NSFE=]: [[SensoryAbuse Not Safe For Ears]]. Also known as [=NSFH=] (Not Safe For Hearing). Look for this in comments under videos if you suspect them to be {{Screamer Prank}}s.
35	* [=NSF56K=]: Not Safe For [=56K=], though this is a different matter regarding content that will take forever on a slow connection. 56K Warning and similar messages mean the same thing.
36	* Author SusieBright [[http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2007/03/so_what_do_you_.html suggests NSFP]]: Not Safe for Prudes.
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39	It does NOT stand for "'''N'''ow '''S'''how to '''F'''riends and co-'''W'''orkers," no matter what the local {{troll}} may say.
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41	See Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness for how this site handles the issue. Compare [[{{UsefulNotes/Trigger}} Trigger Warning]] and "Content Warning". Contrast SugarWiki/PerfectlySafeForWork. Not to be confused with [[NoOSHACompliance places that aren't safe to work in]]. : For content that may or may not be sexual in nature, but can be disturbing to certain people, and can potentially set off {{Flashback}}s or [[OffTheWagon relapses]].
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43	Incidentally, get back to work before your PointyHairedBoss notices you [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife slacking off by browsing this site]]!
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45	'''This page merely defines the term. It is not a trope and should not be used as such.'''

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