The following terms are used throughout the site to describe some of the objectionable content in the games, movies, music, or shows rated here on the Fair Ratings site. This list of terminology does and will contain terms which are not appropriate for all age groups.
Adult Language - Adult Language means that an individual or people can be heard saying a curse/cuss word or they can be seen mouthing a curse/cuss word.
Alcohol - Alcohol means that someone of the legal age to drink alcohol can be seen consuming alcohol.
Alternative Lifestyles - Alternative lifestyles is mentioned when someone discloses or discusses bisexuality or homsexuality.
Anger - Angear means a person can be seen showing signs of anger. For example they could kick violently into the air, throw some object, or angrily storm off.
Animal Cruelty - Animal Cruelty indicartes that a person is either malicious to or kills an animal.
Blood - Blood means that after some act whether intentional or not there is fake or real blood that can be seen coming from a person's body.
Crime - Crime indicates that a person or people in the rated content commits a crime, whether through theft or other means.
Crime Discussion - Crime Discussionmeans that one or more people talk about the possibility of a crime or a past crime.
Dead Animal - Dead Animal is different from the Animal Cruelty rating. It indicates that within the rated content an animal which has died through natural means or through no harm from the characters within the rated content.
Death - Death means that a person or people discuss death or a person or people can be seen dying within the rated content.
Drug Mentions - Drug Mentions indicates that someone within the rated content talks about drugs in general or talks about the taking of drugs.
Fighting - Fighting indicates that two or more people can be seen using their bodies to harm another person.
Gambling - Gambling means that someone of the legal age to gamble places a legal wager on a game of chance.
Nudity - Nudity means that a male can be seen bottomless from either the front or back and/or a female can be seen topless from the front or bottomless from the front or back.
Partial Nudity - Partial Nudity means that a male can be seen topless from the front or back, a female can be seen topless from the back, or a male or female exposes their butt.
Religion - Religioin indicates that within the rated content a person or people can be seen discussing or practicing their chosen religion.
Shocking Imagery - Shocking Imagery means that content within the games, movies, music, or shows can be scary or vulgar.
Smoking - Smoking is when one or more people smoking a tobacco product by cigar, cigarette, or pipe.
Strong Language - Strong language that can occur in the content are usually non vulgar insult words or someone giving a harsh demand of someone. For example someone telling another person to shut up.
Underage Drinking - Underage Drinking means a person under the legal age of alcohol consumption can be seen drinking alcohol.
Violence - Violence in the content typically occurs when two or more people are fighting using weapons and not just fists.
Wrestling - Wrestling means that two or more people can be seen in a competition, impromptu, or scripted atyle of wrestling.