diff --git a/Content.Server/Chat/Managers/ChatSanitizationManager.cs b/Content.Server/Chat/Managers/ChatSanitizationManager.cs
index e2a54c13ce..ca3db910af 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Chat/Managers/ChatSanitizationManager.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Chat/Managers/ChatSanitizationManager.cs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public sealed class ChatSanitizationManager : IChatSanitizationManager
     //WD-EDIT
     public string SanitizeOutSlang(string input)
     {
-        var pattern = @"\b(?<word>\w+)\b";
+        var pattern = @"([\p{L}\d'`-]+)";
 
         var newMessage = Regex.Replace(input, pattern ,
             match => _slangToNormal.ContainsKey(match.Groups[1].Value.ToLower()) ? _slangToNormal[match.Groups[1].Value.ToLower()] : match.Value, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);