Profanity
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Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, is the usage of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to exp
Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.
Graffiti on a mailbox in Quebec reading Pas de publicité tabarnak, meaning "no advertising mail" and using the sacre "tabarnak" (tabernacle)
Exposing the buttocks is considered profane in many cultures.
The finger, an obscene hand gesture
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
Profanity
…Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, is the usage of notionally offensive words for a variety…
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