diff --git a/server/routes/profile.js b/server/routes/profile.js
index 38a895f60..f08626419 100644
--- a/server/routes/profile.js
+++ b/server/routes/profile.js
@@ -302,6 +302,14 @@ function* isSuspicious(profile) {
     }
 }
 
+const mildSus = [
+    'fag',
+    'faggot',
+    'tranny',
+    'phobic',
+    'kys',
+]
+
 const hasAutomatedReports = async (db, id) => {
     return (await db.get(SQL`SELECT COUNT(*) AS c FROM reports WHERE userId = ${id} AND isAutomatic = 1`)).c > 0;
 }
@@ -696,7 +704,11 @@ router.post('/profile/save', handleErrorAsync(async (req, res) => {
         await req.db.get(SQL`INSERT INTO links (url) VALUES (${url}) ON CONFLICT (url) DO UPDATE SET expiresAt = null`);
     }
 
-    const sus = [...isSuspicious(req.body)];
+    let sus = [...isSuspicious(req.body)];
+    // keywords with a lot of false positives should only trigger when accompanied by at least one other keyword
+    if (sus.length === 1 && mildSus.filter(k => sus[0].startsWith(k + ' (')).length > 0) {
+        sus = [];
+    }
     if (sus.length && !await hasAutomatedReports(req.db, req.user.id)) {
         await req.db.get(SQL`
             INSERT INTO reports (id, userId, reporterId, isAutomatic, comment, isHandled, snapshot)