Grawlix (noun)
graw-liks
A string of typographical symbols (such as %@$&*!) used in place of an obscenity, especially in comic strips.
1960s: coined by Mort Walker (1923–2018), US creator of the comic strip Beetle Bailey, apparently as a nonsense word.
Example sentences
“The replacement of the bad words with the grawlix made it suitable for all ages.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
