The Complete List of Banned Words In Midjourney You Need to Know

Eileen
EasyPrompt
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4 min readJul 20, 2023

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Using a dataset of text-image pairs, Midjourney AI is an art generator that generates artwork in response to textual prompts.

One must be familiar with the Midjourney AI’s rules of conduct before putting them into practise. If you do not comply, you will no longer be able to use the Midjourney AI.

In this article, we’ll look at Midjourney AI’s rules and the list of words that aren’t allowed. We’ll also give you a few tips on how to get past the Midjourney filters.

Midjourney Rules That You Must Follow

By enrolling in the beta version of Midjourney AI, you agree to the privacy policy and rules outlined by Midjourney Inc. This means that Midjourney Inc. has the right to suspend or ban your access at any time if you breach the code of conduct.

The statement of #rules channel in Midjourney Discord is as follows:

Do not create images or use text prompts that are inherently disrespectful, aggressive, or otherwise abusive. Violence or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated. No adult content or gore. Please avoid making visually shocking or disturbing content. We will block some text inputs automatically.

Midjourney Discord

List of Banned Words in Midjourney Discord

Midjourney strives to make its content PG-13, and hence, it has implemented a filter that automatically forbids and bans exact words or similar words related to violence, drugs, harassment, adult content, gore, aggressiveness, and abusiveness.

Here is the list of banned words in Midjourney Discord:

Banned: Gore Words

A gore

image is any picture of a deformed body, a limb that has been cut off, blood, violence, a human or animal body part that has fallen off, cannibalism, disease, etc.

  • Blood
  • Bloodbath
  • Crucifixion
  • Bloody
  • Flesh
  • Bruises
  • Car crash
  • Corpse
  • Crucified
  • Cutting
  • Decapitate
  • Infested
  • Gruesome
  • Kill (as in Kill la Kill)
  • Infected
  • Sadist
  • Slaughter
  • Teratoma
  • Tryphophobia
  • Wound
  • Cronenberg
  • Khorne
  • Cannibal
  • Cannibalism
  • Visceral
  • Guts
  • Bloodshot
  • Gory
  • Killing
  • Surgery
  • Vivisection
  • Massacre
  • Hemoglobin
  • Suicide
  • Female Body Parts

Banned: Adult Words

  • ahegao
  • pinup
  • ballgag
  • Playboy
  • Bimbo
  • pleasure
  • bodily fluids
  • pleasures
  • boudoir
  • rule34
  • brothel
  • seducing
  • dominatrix
  • seductive
  • erotic seductive
  • fuck
  • sensual
  • Hardcore
  • sexy
  • Hentai
  • Shag
  • horny
  • shibari (bondage in japanese)
  • incest
  • Smut
  • jav
  • succubus
  • Jerk off king at pic
  • thot
  • kinbaku (bondage in japanese)
  • transparent
  • legs spread
  • twerk
  • making love
  • voluptuous
  • naughty
  • wincest
  • orgy
  • Sultry
  • XXX
  • Bondage
  • Bdsm
  • Dog collar
  • Slavegirl
  • Transparent and Translucent

Banned: Body Parts Words

  • Arse
  • Labia
  • Ass
  • Mammaries
  • Human centipede
  • Badonkers
  • Minge (Slang for vag)
  • Massive chests
  • Big Ass
  • Mommy Milker (milker or mommy is fine)
  • Booba
  • Nipple
  • Booty
  • Oppai (Japanese word for breasts)
  • Bosom
  • Organs
  • Breasts
  • Ovaries
  • Busty
  • Penis
  • Clunge (British slang for vagina)
  • Phallus
  • Crotch
  • sexy female
  • Dick (as in Moby-Dick)
  • Skimpy
  • Girth
  • Thick
  • Honkers
  • Vagina
  • Hooters
  • Veiny
  • Knob

Banned: Clothing Words

  • no clothes
  • Speedo
  • au naturale
  • no shirt
  • bare chest
  • nude
  • barely dressed
  • bra
  • risqué
  • clear
  • scantily
  • clad
  • cleavage
  • stripped
  • full frontal unclothed
  • invisible clothes
  • wearing nothing
  • lingerie with no shirt
  • naked
  • without clothes on
  • negligee
  • zero clothes

Banned: Taboo Words

  • Taboo
  • Fascist
  • Nazi
  • Prophet Mohammed
  • Slave
  • Coon
  • Honkey
  • Arrested
  • Jail
  • Handcuffs

Banned: Drugs Words

  • Drugs
  • Cocaine
  • Heroin
  • Meth
  • Crack

More IllegalWords That You Should Not Use In Midjourney

The other category includes prompts that are inherently disrespectful, aggressive, or otherwise abusive

  • Torture
  • Disturbing
  • Farts, Fart
  • Poop
  • Warts
  • Xi Jinping
  • Shit
  • Pleasure
  • Errect
  • Big Black
  • Brown pudding
  • Bunghole
  • Vomit
  • Voluptuous
  • Seductive
  • Sperm
  • Hot
  • Sexy
  • Sensored
  • Censored
  • Silenced
  • Deepfake
  • Inappropriate
  • Pus
  • Waifu
  • mp5
  • Succubus
  • 1488
  • Surgery

Tips to Escape from the Midjourney Filter

While it may be tempting to try to bypass the Midjourney filter, it’s important to remember that doing so can result in a ban. However, if you have a legitimate need to use a word that is on the banned list, there are a few tips you can follow to try to work around the filter:

  1. Replace banned words with similar, but allowed, words. For example, use “vaccination” instead of “vaccine.”
  2. Avoid using any word that is even remotely related to a banned word. If you’re not sure whether a word might trigger the filter, err on the side of caution and choose a different word.
  3. Consider using a synonym or alternate phrasing. If the banned word is central to your prompt, try rephrasing the prompt in a way that doesn’t require the use of the banned word.
  4. Keep in mind that the Midjourney team is constantly updating the banned word list, so what worked yesterday may not work today. Always check the #rules channel before submitting your prompt.

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