diff --git a/django/conf/global_settings.py b/django/conf/global_settings.py
index dee39867c6..ff691410bc 100644
--- a/django/conf/global_settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/global_settings.py
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIX = ''
 
 COMMENTS_ALLOW_PROFANITIES = False
 
+# The profanities that will trigger a validation error in the
+# 'hasNoProfanities' validator. All of these should be in lower-case.
+PROFANITIES_LIST = ['asshat', 'asshead', 'asshole', 'cunt', 'fuck', 'gook', 'nigger', 'shit']
+
 # The group ID that designates which users are banned.
 # Set to None if you're not using it.
 COMMENTS_BANNED_USERS_GROUP = None
diff --git a/django/core/validators.py b/django/core/validators.py
index 8f40ceb51a..6a8418848b 100644
--- a/django/core/validators.py
+++ b/django/core/validators.py
@@ -227,9 +227,8 @@ def hasNoProfanities(field_data, all_data):
     catch 'motherfucker' as well. Raises a ValidationError such as:
         Watch your mouth! The words "f--k" and "s--t" are not allowed here.
     """
-    bad_words = ['asshat', 'asshead', 'asshole', 'cunt', 'fuck', 'gook', 'nigger', 'shit'] # all in lower case
     field_data = field_data.lower() # normalize
-    words_seen = [w for w in bad_words if field_data.find(w) > -1]
+    words_seen = [w for w in settings.PROFANITIES_LIST if field_data.find(w) > -1]
     if words_seen:
         from django.utils.text import get_text_list
         plural = len(words_seen) > 1
diff --git a/docs/settings.txt b/docs/settings.txt
index b927b62ca7..65113b3c30 100644
--- a/docs/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/settings.txt
@@ -596,6 +596,12 @@ Whether to prepend the "www." subdomain to URLs that don't have it. This is
 only used if ``CommonMiddleware`` is installed (see the `middleware docs`_).
 See also ``APPEND_SLASH``.
 
+PROFANITIES_LIST
+----------------
+
+A list of profanities that will trigger a validation error when the
+``hasNoProfanities`` validator is called.
+
 ROOT_URLCONF
 ------------