Radio killed the Censorship star!

I'm sure our parents were horrified by the words used in music when we were younger, too but I've just gotta say that hearing, "I'm Sexy and I know it" coming from my 3 and 5 year olds is not my idea of a good time!

Top that with "Can you blow my whistle, baby?  I'll show you how to do it, and we start real slow?"  I totally had NO IDEA what that song was implying until I heard my kids singing it at the dinner table.

So I started downloading songs that I thought were pretty benign from itunes.  I chose Maroon 5's Payphone.  The kids sing along to it in the car so it must be pretty harmless at dinner....until I realized I downloaded the non-radio version and it was chockablock full of F this and F that!

But even the radio versions aren't safe.  Sure they're "censored" but what does that really mean?  You've got Nicki Minaj singing about Starships being "higher than a Mother Bleep-er!"  I'm sorry but that doesn't leave much to the imagination right there!  Especially when you're 5 year old is trying to sing along and asks, "Mommy what's a Mother Bleep-er?"  Literally...he said, "Mother Bleep-er!"

And then you've got Pink talking about having a SHhhT Day.  She says SHhhT Day 3 times in a row!  Obviously, they're going to wonder what a SHhhT day is.  Thankfully, though...the radio censor gods completely bleeped out the whisky D$CK line.  I don't know about you...but I'd have an easier time coming up with some kid friendly explanation of what a whisky d$ck is over what a SHhht day is.

Now, if they'd just completely bleeped out those vulgur words, we wouldn't be having this problem.  But in the great big scheme of things, bleeping out just the vowels is really just drawing attention to the bad words so that my 5 year old is left to wonder what's so special about that word???

Awesome!!

So, since I've been left to think quickly on my feet numerous times in a desperate attempt to preserve my kid's innocence over all things nasty on the radio, I've decided to put together a handy Quickipedia (for when you need a definition QUICK!!)  to help in similar awkward moments.

Note: These are all true stories...and yes, I made up the term Quickipedia!  I'm crafty like that :)



I'm sexy and I know it....means that you are really proud of yourself.

SHhht day...actually stands for Shoot day, which is when you stub your toe a lot and say, "SHOOT!"

Higher than a Mother Bleep-er!... refers to R2D2's mom being hoisted up in the sky.

I've got a passion in my pants and I ain't afraid to show it...is a special flavor of yogurt tube and he's not worried that his friend is going to steal it from him!


Come on, play along!  Have you got any to add???