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by benologist 4387 days ago
Having 'bum' in the name's been mentioned as funny but it can quickly turn into a liability if work, school and profanity filters interfere with accessing and sharing your website.
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I doubt that would be cause for concern, here's a very innocent subset of the 44 words that contain the letters bum.

album bumble bumblebee bumbled bumbler bumbles bumbling bump bumped bumper bumpersticker bumping bumpkin bumpy verbum

That said, they always find a way to build a better fool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

That article is exactly why the name should be changed .... the most recent example is from January this year at the ISP level. It's such a pointless risk to take.

    In January 2014, files used in the online game League 
    of Legends were reported as being blocked by some UK 
    ISP filters due to the names 'VarusExpirationTimer.luaobj' 
    and 'XerathMageChainsExtended.luaobj' containing the
    letters used in the word "sex".[30]"