in reply to creating an array from MySQL results

Plugging my own module DBIx::Simple seems appropriate :) It has a method called flat that flattens whatever the query returned. Ideal for gathering lists like this.

All you need after creating the database object (here $db) is:

my @swearwords = $db->query("SELECT word FROM swearwords")->flat;

Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }