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Meaning of censored spelling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈsɛnˌsəd ˈspɛlˌɪŋ/

Definitions

A spelling of a word that was censored, possibly to reduce its shock value, to bypass a chat filter, and so on.

Internet, countable, uncountable

Examples

“Yiu can post more censored words, just comment. And be sure you put an asterisk where the censored spelling is located.”
“You have fifteen different censored spellings of rape and don't include the Archive Warning? I'm sorry have you used the site before?”
“"HXVOC" [hăv′ək] is a partially-censored spelling of the English word havoc,[…].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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