2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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splat out
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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v. [Usenet; syn. disemvowel ] To partially obscure a potentially provocative
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word by substituting splat characters for some of its letters (usually, but
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not always, the vowels). The purpose is not to make the word unrecognizable
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but to make it a mention rather than a use, so that no flamewar ensues.
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Words often splatted out include N*z* (see Godwin's Law ), k*bo* (see KIBO ,
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sense 2), *v*l*t**n (anywhere fundamentalists might be lurking), *b*rt**n,
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and g*n c*ntr*l. Compare UN*X.
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