grawlix
noun
graw·lix ˈgrȯ-ˌliks 
plural grawlixes
: a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity
… it's impossible to quote Ryan directly without liberal use of the grawlix …
Steve Rushin
Steve Rushin
Word History
Etymology
coined by the American cartoonist Mort Walker (1923-2018)
First Known Use
1976, in the meaning defined above
- intransigence
- intransigences
- intransigencies
- intransigent
- intransigentism
- intransigently
- intransigents
- intransitable
- intransitive
- intransitively
- intransitiveness
- intransitivenesses
- intransitives
- intransitivities
- intransitivity
- intransitivize
- intransitivized
- intransitivizeed
- intransitivizeing
- intransitivizer
- intransitivizes
- intransitivizing
- intranslatable
- intransmissibility
- intransmissible