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clbuttics

clbuttics is the plural of clbuttic.

Meaning of clbuttic

Noun

clbuttic (plural clbuttics)

  1. A type of error in which some bowdlerizing software garbles words by using tamer alternatives to replace objectionable words occurring within a word.
    • Indeed, the error is similar to the “clbuttic effect” described above—an errant text filter attempting to “clean up” text by replacing offensive terms with theoretically more appropriate ones.2010, Benjamin Mako Hill, “Revealing errors”, in Glitch, Noise, and Jam in New Media Cultures

Questions about clbuttics

What is clbuttics the plural of?
Clbuttics is the plural of clbuttic.

Words near clbuttics in the dictionary

  1. clazz
  2. Claíomh Solais
  3. CLB
  4. CLBs
  5. clbuttic
  6. clbuttics
  7. clbuttroom
  8. CLC
  9. Clc.
  10. CLCs
  11. cld

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