“Union” - your boss, probably

One would think that “hot strippers” is not acceptable in any technical professional environment. Except there are mechanical devices that strip optical fiber from the jacket/coating. The devices are called strippers. Some of those devices are heating up the coating before removing for the easiness of stripping. Those are hot strippers. And of course, MS Outlook blocks e-mails that have these words.

Antidisestablishmentarianism.

(unless you are an historian of the Anglican Church)

If you don’t intuitively know which slang or curse words can be used in a given professional setting (they are not all alike), then you should avoid all profanity and slang, and speak proper English. Always err on the side of caution when your career, reputation, or important matters are at stake.

‘ask’ as a noun.

Software has more than its fair share of acronyms, which we often choose to say phonetically, like SQL gets said “sequel.” We also have the TTY, and you often have to detach things from it. Depending on the context, best to spell that one out, or just substitute “terminal,” but I’ve definitely been in meetings where someone said something about a process that needs to be detached from the titty.

bukkake

Cuck

Don’t say anything sexual or overtly blasphemous or curse at a customer/higher up and in my experience no one will really care. Read the room for sure but times have changed, I’ve not worked in a place with overt swearing rules in over a decade. Even in severe cases you’ll likely just be asked to tone it down

Moose knuckles

C word.

Fuck-knuckle

I recall hearing that one should never use a three letter word starting with ‘g’ and ending with ‘t’ (i.e. get, git, got, gut). Instead: obtain, stomach, ‘being unhelpful’ etc.

This was before github was a thing, of course.

Guillotine - oh no wait, that one SHOULD actually be used as often as possible, in any professional context