Lipogram (n)
lip-uh-gram
The omission of a specific character in written texts.
A written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters..
Example
Below is a lipogram of Mary had a little lamb, omitting the letter S:
“Mary had a little lamb
With fleece a pale white hue
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb kept her in view
To academe he went with her,
Illegal, and quite rare;
It made the children laugh and play
To view the lamb in there”
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