diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index 7eb1085f6..5dcc26da8 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ snappy_url_regex = re.compile('<a href="(https?:\/\/.+?)".*?>(.+?)<\/a>', flags=
 email_regex = re.compile('[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]{1,64}@[A-Za-z0-9.-]{2,63}\.[A-Za-z]{2,63}', flags=re.A)
 
 slur_single_words = "|".join([slur.lower() for slur in SLURS.keys()])
-slur_single_words_title = slur_single_words.title().replace('!\W','!\w')
-slur_single_words_upper = slur_single_words.upper().replace('!\W','!\w')
+slur_single_words_title = slur_single_words.title().replace('\W','\w')
+slur_single_words_upper = slur_single_words.upper().replace('\W','\w')
 
 profanity_single_words = "|".join([profanity.lower() for profanity in PROFANITIES.keys()])
-profanity_single_words_title = profanity_single_words.title().replace('!\W','!\w')
-profanity_single_words_upper = profanity_single_words.upper().replace('!\W','!\w')
+profanity_single_words_title = profanity_single_words.title().replace('\W','\w')
+profanity_single_words_upper = profanity_single_words.upper().replace('\W','\w')
 
 slur_regex = re.compile(f"<[^>]*>|{slur_single_words}", flags=re.I|re.A)
 slur_regex_title = re.compile(f"<[^>]*>|{slur_single_words_title}", flags=re.A)