Grawlix
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Grawlix or obscenicon is the use of typographical symbols to replace profanity, typically using "unpronounceable" characters. Mainly used in cartoons and comics, it has been described as the graphical
Grawlix in a speech balloon
First documented use of grawlix, a 4-panel newspaper comic titled "Lady Bountiful is Shocked" published in the San Francisco Examiner on November 1, 1901
Grawlixes in a cartoon
Bleep censor
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A bleep censor is the replacement of a profanity and classified information with a bleep sound, usually a 1-kilohertz sine wave. It is used on public television and radio.
Grawlix
…profanity, typically using "unpronounceable" characters. Mainly used in cartoons and comics, it has been described as the graphical equivalent of a bleep censor. The first known grawlix appeared in the November 1, 1901 story of Gene Carr's comic strip Lady Bountiful. Grawlix is the use of typographical symbols…
Censor bars may be used along with the bleeps to prevent the audience from lip reading the swearer's words.