Appendix:Symbol swearing

Translingual

Interjection

[symbol swearing]

1. A fully bowdlerized word, (either as squiggles, lines, or symbols) which may be meaningless gibberish or may be easily translatable into common swear words.
   1. An expression of surprise, outrage or frustration.
      • 2015, Asterix and the Missing Scroll, page 16

        [a Roman mailman riding an ox cart with bags of mail is bothered by the prospect of having his job replaced by carrier pigeons]

        Roman mailman: [symbol cursing, comprising of one large skull and three smaller symbols: one star, one asterisk and one spiral] Why don't they hire more staff?

      • 2016, Chuck Lorre Productions #541 (post-episode text), "The Veracity Elasticity", The Big Bang Theory

        You won't let us join your club? %#&@, we'll start our own club.

See also

• grawlix