"I work at Chick-fil-A and Eric, our manager, is tired of our [expletive]," wrote Reddit user Mausar. The Nov. 6 post features a photo of the memo with the supposed banned words, which include "bae," "bruh," "chill" and "ratchet."

According to the New York Daily News, Chick-fil-A said early Tuesday it was looking into the claim. The restaurant chain later tweeted that it "doesn't have a banned words list, but the Cows do." 

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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