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euphemism

When an offensive, harsh or blunt expression is replaced with a mild, indirect or vague one.

Visual euphemisms exist, too, such as the one used for Akiyama Mio's accidental pantyshot in the K-On! anime (a stripped bowl of rice) or when swastika or the hammer and sickle are replaced with more innocuous symbols to avoid offending the audience and/or so the work won't run afoul of laws banning the public display of either symbols.

An orthographic euphemism is spelling a word deliberately wrong (e.g. "porn" becomes "pr0n", "n0rp" or "prawn") to circumvent censorship algorithms on the usenet, websites, social media apps, etc.

Examples

  • Danbooru post #8019284

See also

  • double entendre
  • pun

External links

  • TVTropes: Unusual Euphemisms
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