FAQs

1.) Isn’t it illegal to post photos of people without their permission?

NO, but sometimes YES. Let’s review. There are TWO important and competing legal principles involved. First is something called the “right of publicity,” and second is the right to free speech.

This is a complex area of law, so we won’t cover every detail, but the first “right of publicity,” generally involves two things: 1.) the right of a person to control how/when/where their name and image is used for commercial purposes; and 2.) a right of privacy (in other words, the right to NOT allow a certain use of the individual’s name/image). In some states such as California, the right of publicity has been written into a statute such as California Civil Code § 3344 which says, in part:

3344. (a) Any person who knowingly uses another’s name, voice,

signature, photograph, or likeness, in any manner, on or in products,

merchandise, or goods, or for purposes of advertising or selling, or

soliciting purchases of, products, merchandise, goods or services,

without such person’s prior consent, or, in the case of a minor, the

prior consent of his parent or legal guardian, shall be liable for

any damages sustained by the person or persons injured as a result

thereof.

In short, this section says that if you want to use someone’s name or pictures, you have to get their consent. That’s due to their “right of publicity.” Other states don’t have laws like this on their books, but the courts will still generally recognize a “common law” publicity right which has the same purpose and effect.

However, because we live in a free country, the right of publicity is subject to a major exception, because of the First Amendment right to free speech, the publicity right DOES NOT apply to uses such as reporting “news” or “public affairs.” Even California’s very pro-celebrity laws expressly recognize this limitation as explained in Civil Code § 3344(d):

(d) For purposes of this section, a use of a name, voice,

signature, photograph, or likeness in connection with any news,

public affairs, or sports broadcast or account, or any political

campaign, shall not constitute a use for which consent is required

under subdivision (a).

In this context “news” and “public affairs” are an exceptionally broad term that means almost anything of public interest. That can be anything from a story about Lindsay Lohan’s most recent trip to rehab, some comment about the President of the United States (sorry Barack, we don’t need your consent to post your photo!), all the way down to a story about a local high school teacher accused of sleeping with a student or even the DUI arrest of an average citizen. This includes stories about fraternities, colleges, nightlife, famous people and those who are legends only in their own minds. Basically, if there’s a story which discusses nearly any issue of public interest, no matter how small, it is exempt from the right of publicity. This is why NBC News, CNN, The Dirty, TMZ, Perez Hilton, and other news and gossip sites are allowed to post pictures, names, and stories even without permission from the person shown.

2.) What about photos of minors? Don’t you need parental consent?

NO. But law and morality are two different things.

For all you parents out there, it is a VERY common misconception that the law prohibits showing minors without parental consent. If the photo involves nudity/sex, that’s a whole different story, but in every other instance, THIS IS A MYTH; it simply is not true. Minors have the same publicity rights (subject to the same broad newsworthiness exception) as adults.

Of course, we at The Dirty are reasonable and we will gladly consider removing photos of anyone on a case-by-case basis. However, please understand that just because someone is under 18 doesn’t mean that there’s something automatically illegal about posting their photos

3.) Someone posted a false story/comment about me! Isn’t that defamation?

Again, since this is not a first year law school class, we won’t bore you with the long version, but you need to understand a couple of important concepts about defamation.

First, as a general rule, opinions are NEVER defamatory. “Coke is better than Pepsi” is an opinion, not a fact. “My teacher is an idiot” is an opinion, not a fact. “The LA Lakers SUCK” is, well, that one is close to a fact, but you get the point.

Due to our First Amendment, everyone has the right to express their opinions without fear of being sued. As a result, opinions cannot form the basis of a defamation claim no matter how harsh they are. Now, like anything else in the law, there are some gray areas, but just be aware that as a general rule, a statement cannot be defamatory unless it contains a false statement of FACT (not opinion). Even then, if someone makes a statement which appears to be a fact but which is clearly intended to be a joke or an exaggeration, then courts will generally treat those statements as opinions. The most famous example of this was an advertisement placed in Hustler Magazine which said that the Rev. Jerry Falwell had sex with his mother in an outhouse. The story included statements which looked like facts, but overall it was obviously a joke. The case went all the way to the United States Supreme Court which found that Hustler was not liable for defamation since the ad was a joke, not a statement of actual fact.

Second, not every false statement of fact is defamatory. Why not? Because in order to be defamatory, a statement must be factual (not an opinion) and it must be of such a nature that it harms the reputation of the person involved. So, if you said: “Nik Richie is a girl,” that statement is false, but is it defamatory? NO, because that’s not the kind of statement that would hurt someone’s reputation. Likewise, if you said, “Nik Richie has won 4 Super Bowl rings,” that statement is not true (Nik only has 3 rings), but it would not qualify as defamatory because it does not hurt his reputation.

Third, and this one is important, even if someone posts a comment which is false and defamatory, you generally cannot sue The Dirty for publishing it. Why? Because of a special law called the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1).

What this law says is that if you are the operator of an “interactive website” (meaning a site that allows users to post comments), you cannot be held liable for anything that is posted on the site by users, including stories written by users and emailed to the site. If Nik writes something himself and posts it, he is responsible for the accuracy of his words. However, as to everything else posted by users, Nik is not liable for what they say.

4.) Hey! I am a photographer and one of my photos has been posted without my consent! How can I get that removed?

The Dirty respects the rights of photographers and will gladly consider a takedown request. Please [CLICK HERE] for more information.

5.) OMG! There’s a really embarrassing pic of me that I want removed! How can I get it taken down?

Assuming you are the person shown in a photo (and are not the photographer), you are welcome to submit a courtesy removal request via email to: REMOVE@THEDIRTY.COM. Removal is done at the discretion of Dirty World LLC and may take up to 72 hours or more to process. Each request must include:

1. Your Name: ____________________________________

2. Your Email: ____________________________________

3. Link (URL) to post:_______________________________

NOTE: Because we do not know who you are, we cannot consider requests such as “please remove the pic of me on page 3.” We need to know the exact URL of the page you want removed. You can get the URL by clicking on the title of the post and then looking at the address (URL) on the top of that page.


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+2 Factor: when a chick gets a boob job it increases her value two points on a ten point scale

+2's: fake boobs

30k Milli: a guy who claims he make millions, but really only make around $30k a year and spends all his money on stuff he can't afford; a poser

6 head (5 head): when a person has a enormous forehead (measured in inches)

Affliction: a brand of clothing worn by losers

Afro-Brow: hairy eyebrows

Air biscuit: fart

Anti-petite: no way near small

Aquaf*gs: underwater f*gs

Babushka: a big giant, Harlem Globetrotter-like afro, that explodes out of the panties of a Crabby Patty when panty security has been breached

Beak: Nose like a large bird

Beat: disgustingly ugly

Bissues: b*tch with issues

Blanimal: A black animal

Blast (putting someone on blast): putting someone in the spotlight and/or exposing them; talking crap about someone

Bucket Seats: nice ass

Butterface: everything looks good, but her face

Cadirack: not easy on the eyes, an eye sore

Caker: chick who wears way too much makeup

Cannibal: a lesbian. Because they eat their own kind

Car-Tastrophe: beat looking people in a car

Ceptor head: looks good except her head

Cheesecake: real fruity guy

Chubble: problems fat people cause.

Combustible Cougar: horny for young men

Combustible face: Hazardous look

Cougar in Training (Baby Cougar): a girl who will grow up to be a Cougar because her mom is one and/or she is starting to look and act like one

Cougars: women who are 40 or older who try to be 20 (by getting plastic surgery, wearing tons of makeup, dressing like they are 20, etc) and usually date or "prey" on younger men

Cougar-Troll: an ugly cougar

Cougarville: place where cougars come from

Cougarwood: place where famous cougars go

Cougrrrr: Very ugly cougar

Count gutula: big stomach

Crabby Patty: p*ssy

Crash test dummy: a dumb friend that you can convince to do anything

Dale Boy (Dales): a guy who claims to be straight but acts like he's gay (or really is just gay)

D-Bagalicious: sensational D-bag

D-Bag: Douche bag; someone who sucks at life; a total jerk

Dirty Army: the group of people who are fans of thedirty.com

Dirty Bird: dirty/sl*tty British chick

Don: a young female gold digger looking for a new wealthy father or sugar daddy

Douchetard: douche + retard

Drag Hag: someone who hangs with drag queens

DSL's: D*ck sucking lips

Dugout Driller: aggressive gay guy

Egg Roll(s): fat Asians

F*gadocious: super gay

F*gtastic: overly gay

F*gtician: professional f*gs

Fake SGM: people who are not in the Scissor Gang Mafia but pretend to be by giving the scissor gang sign in pictures (and NIk will point out the reason why they are not cool enough to be in it)

Fanny Pack's : beat girls that have no appeal

Farm: a person's ass

Fattastrophe: group of very fat people

Fifty cake mistake: big girl who loves cake

Fifty Yarder: only looks good from fifty yards away

File You Away: putting a hot guy/girl (whatever works for ya) in your mental hard drive so you can masturbate to them later

Flesbian: Fake lesbian

Forgy: Short for, "For the gays"

Frat Rat: a girl who loves to hang out with and/or screw guys in fraternities

Freetard: a free retard

Front Grill: teeth

F*ck Trophy: baby/kid..."What bout that chick you met at the club the other night, did you hit that?" "Naw she's got a f*ck trophy."

Fugly: f*cking ugly

FUPA: a fat upper pu**y area. Men can have it too.

Gaysian: a gay Asian.

Gestappo's : those who oppose the dirty army

Gills: side fat; love-handles

Grave Diggaz: dirty nails

Grazer: chick that likes to eat a lot

Green Bay: cellulite; cottage cheese

Gregalicious: Owns a greg

Greg-Juice: self explanatory

Greg: penis; tummy stick

Helmet Special: retard

Himstitute: tranny prostitute

Hoemerican: an American hoe

Horses (or any reference to a horse, stable, the derby, races or horse names): people with huge teeth and gums that resemble those of a horse

Insurgents: non SGM perpetrator/ enemies of the army

Jack Bauer: a person with a large fore head or a twenty forehead

Jay Leno: got a big chin

Kodiak: body of a bear

Lee push up bra: from the makers of lee press on nails

Long Head Clan: horse division ( horse head)

Lotto Baby: unknown father (a lot-of people hit that)

MAC Forcefield: tons and tons of makeup that looks clown-like

Mad Monkey: extremely drunk & out of control

Mick Jagger's : Big lips

Muffin Top: when a person's side or stomach fat bubbles over their waistband because their pants are too tight, forming the shape of a muffin

Multichin: multiple chins

Multi-Gregging: Gang bang on one chick

Nominee: person with no money

Nomo's: a place where no homo's are welcome

Noodles: referring to Asian people or descent

Nostrildahmus: Huge nose pipes

Onion: nice a$$

Oscar Myer: Got a Greg

Pack of franks: fat rolls on a chicks body..."Damn! look at the pack of franks on that chic"

Paki house/hut: liquor store

Patch Adams: balding

Pearl catcher: chicks who get c*mmed on

Pebbles: an attractive, yet underage and overly sexual young girl. (aka jailbait)

Pepperidge Farm: way too old

PGM ("Pinky Gang Mafia"): the rival gang of SGM whose members show their pinky finger when having a picture taken

Pickle Smoocher: rubs the Greg

Pig Fishing: guys who are out to just f*ck anything

Pirate: gay dude. Because they like semen on their poop deck

Poon lagoon: pu**y

Prop 8: gay person who wants to get married

Prosthetic Playa: fake wanna be player

Puffydumbbell: roid user

Purple Crayon: A black man's Gregr

Raisinets: ugly nipples

Red Cup Nation: those of us who agree that only red plastic cups should be used at parties (because all other colors are stupid)

Refund Gap: the huge gap between some women's fake boobs that is so big that they should get their money back from their doctor

Ronald Mcdonalds: High arching eyebrows

RVM: red vest mafia: Valet attendant

Sevenhead: means "Yes I ride the Short Bus!"

Sewerfront: Waterfront in Scottsdale

SGM ("Scissor Gang Mafia"): people who make a scissor/backward peace sign when having their picture taken

She-Boys: Trannys

Shim: a girl who looks like a man

Shimspital: hospital for shims

Shman: female type of man

Shopping Bags: droopy boob job or +2'S

Shotgun: a slutty chick. One cock and she's ready to blow

Shougar: a girl that is a cougar and a shim

Skankaholic: addicted to or being a skank; likes skanky chicks; an alcoholic skank

Ski Jumper: big or long nose

Slant F*cker: guy who only likes f*ckin asian chicks

Slim Slow Diet: a fat person who feels it necessary to show people her body..."Sick, see that fat girl in the bikini? Oh, she is feeling good about herself since she just got on the Slim Slow Diet."

Sloon: a chick that looks like she's mixed with snake lizard and baboon

Slug: Ugly slut

Snicker Licker: White girls who only like black guys

Soldier: a member of the Dirty Army; a fan/supporter of thedirty.com

Sorostitute: a girl in a sorority that is easier than a prostitute

Sphere Job: a boob job

Spongebob: a nasty female that has a crabby patty instead of a vagina

A Stallone: a really ugly Italian chick (or any chick for that matter)

Stay Puff: juice-muscular guy obviously on roids

Stretch Armstrong: face lift too tight

Sugar butt: a gay guy

Summer Teeth: some are here, some are there

Superhighway Gap: boobs miles apart

Synchronized Sucking : what aqua f*gs do

Talons: ugly toes

Tenderfoot: gay or feminine

Thunderstorm: extremely large thighs; thunder thighs

Too Fat Shakur:2-pac fat reference

Top Romin : a person that is broke

Tranimal: animal tranny

Tranny: a girl with so much makeup caked on her face that she looks like a transvestite

Tri-Tip: she can try the tip

Troff Feeder: an obese female

Trout: an older man who dates younger women in trying to be younger or "swim upstream"

Trout Mouth: looks like a fish

Tuna Factory: chick who has nasty lookin p*ssy lips..."That chicks gotta tuna factory goin on down there."

Unbeweavable: lots of weave

WNBA: a tall female who is manly

Would You?: means "would you screw this chick?"