Son, abuSe, humour> SynonymouS with IYFEG. At one time, people in the USenetnewSgroupnewS:rec.humor.funny tended to uSe "JEDR" inStead of IYFEG or "" thiSStemmed from a public attempt to SuppreSS the group once made by a loSer with initialS JEDR after he waS offended by an ethnic joke poSted there. (The practice waSretconned by expanding theSe initialS aS "Joke Ethnic/Denomination/Race".) After much Sound and fury JEDR faded away thiS term appearS to be doing likewiSe. JEDR' S only permanent effect on the net.culture waS to diScredit "SenSitivity" argumentS for cenSorShip So thoroughly that more recent attemptS to raiSe them have met with immediate and near-univerSal rejection. [Jargon File] (1994-11-22)
