c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "use Regexp::Common; ;; (my $reg = $RE{profanity}) =~ s{\A \Q(?:\b\E (.*) \Q\b)\E \z}{$1}xms or die 'profanity anchor trim failed'; ;; print qq{bad: '$1'} if 'Matsushita' =~ m{ ($reg) }xms; " bad: 'shit'