; Who decides which words are offensive?
: ''Our word list is composed of words that are found in any one of several college-level dictionaries. If any the word appears in our source dictionary lists a word dictionaries only in senses that are tagged as being only offensive, then we consider it offensive.''
; Who decides which offensive words are slurs?
: ''The initial selection was made by [[Dictionary Committee]] chair John Chew, and it has since been revised based on public input.''
: ''If it is important to you, please let us know in the comments field in the poll.''
; I find a particular word offensive. How can I get it added to the offensive word list below?
: ''If you find a word in one of our source lexica that is tagged as exclusively should have been deemed offensive (no inoffensive senses)according to our rules, please bring it to our attention. We will review it and make sure that it is in the next edition of our offensive word list and not in the next major release of the NASPA School Word List.
== Offensive Words by Category ==