Editing Not safe for work (section)

== History ==
It has been speculated that the term evolved from an earlier form originating on [[Internet forum|message boards]], '''not for British school kids''' ('''NFBSK'''), which appears online as early as the year 2000.<ref name=":0" /> "NSFW" itself has been used in online communities since the early 2000s, with a definition being posted to [[Urban Dictionary]] in 2003.<ref name=":0" /> In 2009, it was suggested that [[HTML5|a future version of HTML]] could include "NSFW" as a standardized tag for adult material on websites that could be automatically hidden depending on user settings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeldman |first=L. Jeffrey |date=2009-06-08 |title=NSFW tag in HTML 5 |url=https://zeldman.com/2009/06/08/not-safe-for-work-tag-in-html-5/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Jeffrey Zeldman Presents |language=en-US}}</ref>

By 2011, the term was common enough to be added to [[Lexico|Oxford Dictionaries Online]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-03 |title='NSFW,' 'ZOMG,' and 'Twittersphere' added to dictionary |url=https://www.today.com/money/nsfw-zomg-twittersphere-added-dictionary-122978 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}</ref> with [[Merriam-Webster]] adding the abbreviation to its dictionary in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinmetz |first=Katy |date=2015-05-26 |title=Merriam-Webster Defines 'Jeggings,' 'NSFW' and 'Meme' |url=https://time.com/3896800/merriam-webster-update-nsfw-dark-money-wtf/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=TIME |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-26 |title="Emoji," "Photobomb," "WTF" and More Hip Internet Phrases Officially Added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/660052/emoji-photobomb-wtf-and-more-hip-internet-phrases-officially-added-to-merriam-webster-dictionary |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=E! Online}}</ref> The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] added the term in 2016, citing earliest evidence of usage from 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oxford English Dictionary |title=NSFW (adj.) |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1059511319 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Oxford English Dictionary}}</ref>