8. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the offensiveness threshold value is set by a user of a service; the string of words is an intended output from the service to the user; and the string of words containing a candidate word identified as an offender word by having an offensiveness score that exceeds the offensiveness threshold set by the user is modified prior to being displayed to the user.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein: the offensiveness threshold value is set by a user of a service; the string of words is an intended output from the service to the user; and the string of words containing a candidate word identified as an offender word by having an offensiveness score that exceeds the offensiveness threshold set by the user is modified prior to being displayed to the user. 12. The method of claim 8 , wherein a maximum offensiveness threshold is set for a user, and wherein the user cannot set the offensiveness threshold higher than the maximum offensiveness threshold.