grawlix

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Definition of grawlix in English English dictionary

A string of typographical symbols, especially "@#$%&!", used (especially in comic strips) to represent an obscenity or swearword

A series of violence related images in a speech bubble to represent obscenity or swearwords

A spiral-shaped graphic used to indicate swearing in comic strips

He does all the Popeye voices, but prefers Olive Oyl's. He has noises for the nittles, the grawlix, the quimps, the jarns. He blows each balloon up before your ears. He reels home, +'s on his eyes, singing the spirl that rises like heat from his head.

A string of typographical symbols used (especially in comic strips) to represent an obscenity or swearword

Etymology

() Apparently coined by American cartoonist Mort Walker (born 1923) around 1964.