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How is this different to a regular swear box?

Well you can't put coins into it and it's not really a box as such.

What's the point of that then?

It's an online swear box hosted on a site called Charity Swear Box.

How does it work?

Users can type in their Twitter handle and the site will then automatically trawl through every tweet the user has ever posted. If any of the tweets contain rude words then the site will calculate a suggested donation. The user can then transfer that amount to a charity of their choice.

What affects the size of the suggested donation? Are all profanities deemed equally rude?

The more abusive the tweet the higher the suggested donation will be. A fine example of a foul mouthed user was @braelynjane who tweeted: 'F*** my life. Ear infection + my morning at a f****ing urgent care. Ughhhhhh #killme.'

That is rude. Are they all like that?

Not at all.  The website has also picked out some some less extreme examples. Twitter user @PrincessProbz tweeted: 'Thanks to all of our veterans, not only for fighting for our country, but for looking so damn sexy in those uniforms...'

How much has it raised so far?

The site claims to have suggested donations which add up to more than $17,561 (£10,900).

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