Ask_Dr_Sloth

He knows what he did.

I couldn't tell you why it's still a filtered word, but there were a lot of words that got added back in the day for a variety of reasons. Primarily, people were finding ways to use innocuous words inappropriately (we call this the Snarkie Effect) and some words were temporarily blocked because of it, and then in some cases never got taken off the list. In other cases there were terms that lent themselves to disallowed topics, so we blocked them as a preemptive measure.

Yeah, it was always "fun" explaining to people who had never heard of Neopets what it was. We think a lot of people assumed it was a kid's game because the art style was kind of cartoonish, even though (as you said) the gameplay is fairly complex. Anyone can play Neopets, if they can get over the initial impression that it's, you know, for kids.

Dirigibles: YOU.

snarkie: YOU.

Viola: YOU.

Dragona:YOU.

Soupfaerie: YOU.

Mr. Insane: Thanks, Obama. Thobama.

Dirigibles: Inventing the word "crumpetmonger."

Dragona: I came up with Kiss the Mortog during my first month. It was all downhill from there.

Viola: Finally coming to terms with having helped code the Battledome.

breik: The Altador Cup. Hey, did Meridell ever win?

snarkie: The Faeries' Ruin. We were so happy how stunned people were by us crashing Faerieland into Neopia.

Mr. Insane: .tolp eoW fo elaT ehT.

Soupfaerie: Drawing the Darigan Poogle!