diff --git a/bad/bad-list.txt b/bad/bad-list.txt
index 69a9859..397ca62 100644
--- a/bad/bad-list.txt
+++ b/bad/bad-list.txt
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ yaoi
 yellow showers
 yiffy
 zoophilia
-🖕
 analritter
 arsch
 arschficker
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1f955e1..e15358c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -92,18 +92,25 @@ static BAD_WORDS: LazyLock<HashSet<String>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
 });
 
 fn contains_bad_word(text: &str) -> bool {
-    let cleaned_text: String = text.to_lowercase();
-
-    for (idx, a) in BAD_WORDS.iter().enumerate() {
-        if cleaned_text.trim() == a {
-            println!("Text contains {a} on line {idx}");
-        }
+    // check parts of string, e.g. ABC_DEF checks both ABC and DEF
+    let cleaned_text = text.to_lowercase();
+    if cleaned_text
+        .split(|c: char| !c.is_alphabetic())
+        .any(|part| BAD_WORDS.iter().any(|bad| part == bad))
+    {
+        return true;
     }
 
-    BAD_WORDS
-        .iter()
-        .any(|bad_word| cleaned_text.trim() == bad_word)
+    // check string as a whole, e.g. ABC_DEF checks for ABCDEF
+    let cleaned_text: String = text
+        .to_lowercase()
+        .chars()
+        .filter(|c| c.is_alphabetic())
+        .collect();
+
+    BAD_WORDS.iter().any(|bad_word| &cleaned_text == bad_word)
 }
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::contains_bad_word;