So what is a "chickenchop"? Is that a bad word?

[Enraged_Ape]

I was e-mailing my wife today at her job and my e-mail just happened to contain the word "chickenhawk". I was immediately notified by her company's e-mail filter, MailMarshal (http://www.netiq.com/products/mma/default.asp?origin=ws_Home)
that I was in bad trouble because my post contained PROFANITY. It then went on to list all of the following profane terms which are blocked by the filter:

chicken hawk
chickenhawk
chicken chop
chickenchop

I looked up "chickenhawk" in Webster's and found no profane or vulgar definitions associated with it. I couldn't even find "chickenchop". A Google search for "chickenchop" produced only about a thousand recipes for "chicken chop suey".

Can anyone explain what the hell's going on? (And BTW, I did find it quite amusing that this stupid e-mail program went out of its way to tell me I had sent profanity through the mail, then not only did it use the same word, but it gave me a whole list of others it found offensive!)

[Dookus]

1. LOL...

I never heard of a chickenchop.

But a Chickenhawk DOES have the meaning of a man who pursues underage boys.

[Enraged_Ape]

2. Ai yi yi

As Johnny Carson used to say, "I did not know that."

BTW, I should make it quite clear that I was using "chickenhawk" only in the familiar DU sense!

And here I thought my wife's company was being taken over by neocons.

(But even with that other meaning, is "chickenhawk" really "profane"? I would classify it more as slang.

And "chickenchop"? WTF??)

[Florida_Geek]

3. No children on up to page three of google

All google chickenhawks point to Bush and friends.

Other than it was from work I would question the company that makes the software.

[Enraged_Ape]

4. Our company just installed software like this too. Wonder why.

Although ours is not so restrictive as to block the use of the word chickenhawk.

I'm not one to wear a :tinfoilhat:, but I'm starting to think there's an organized, concerted effort to stop people from e-mailing bad things about Il Dousche.

[ClintonTyree]

5. I have a friend that..............

I can never email at his work either......his name is Peter. Poor guy never gets any mail I guess. Some of these filters are just plain ridiculous.