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February 28, 2009 9:51 am
Is there a word for @#$%!^*)!&!, those typographical symbols standing in for profanity? There is indeed. It's grawlix—not to be confused with jarns, quimps, nittles, lucaflects, or plewds. For more on such terms, check out Mort Walker's Private Scrapbook. There's also an amazing list of grawlixes used in cartoons and comics from 1911 to 2008. This is part of a complete episode.