A New Mexico appeals court on Friday ruled against a Los Alamos man who wanted to change his name to a phrase containing a popular four-letter obscenity.

The man appealed after a state district judge in Bernalillo County refused his request to change his name to “F— Censorship!”

Judge Nan Nash ruled that the proposed name change was “obscene, offensive and would not comport with common decency.”

The man – whose current legal name is Variable – argued on appeal that it was improper government censorship to deny him the name change.

“We do not believe that the district court’s action infringes on petitioner’s right to free speech,” a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals said in its ruling.