diff --git a/website/server/libs/bannedSlurs.js b/website/server/libs/bannedSlurs.js
index 0c53de4745..80039d1e78 100644
--- a/website/server/libs/bannedSlurs.js
+++ b/website/server/libs/bannedSlurs.js
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 // Some words that are slurs in English are not included here because they are valid words in other languages and so must not cause an automatic mute.
 // See the comments in bannedWords.js for details.
 
+// 'spic' should not be banned because it's often used in the phrase "spic and span"
 // 'tards' is currently not in this list because it's causing a problem for French speakers - it's commonly used within French words after an accented 'e' which the word blocker's regular expression treats as a word boundary
 
 
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@ let bannedSlurs = [
 
 
   'sluts',
-  'spic',
   'spics',
   'tranny',
   'trannies',