オリンピックが始まり、録画した競技を見るのが忙しく、ブログの事を忘れていました。さて、今日の言葉は "%@$&!" です。 漫画や写真に "%@$&!" と何と発音するのか分からない記号で書かれた吹き出しを見たことがありますが、Reader's Digest 6月号にこれを説明する記事がありました。
Getting back to those no-fit-to-print four-letter words: You've likely seen a string of keyboard characters standing in for inappropriate language (e.g., %@$&!), but you might not know the word for it: grawlix. Cartoonist Mort Walker is credited with coining the term, though comic strips were using symbolic or squiggles for swear words as early as 1902, long before Sarge was hurtling obscenities at the hapless Beetle Bailey.
" grawlix" を辞書で確認します。
・Merriam-Webster Dictionary: a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity: … it's impossible to quote Ryan directly without liberal use of the grawlix …
・Wiktionary: A string of typographical symbols, especially "@#$%&!", used (especially in comic strips) to represent an obscenity or swearword.
Getting back to those no-fit-to-print four-letter words: You've likely seen a string of keyboard characters standing in for inappropriate language (e.g., %@$&!), but you might not know the word for it: grawlix. Cartoonist Mort Walker is credited with coining the term, though comic strips were using symbolic or squiggles for swear words as early as 1902, long before Sarge was hurtling obscenities at the hapless Beetle Bailey.
" grawlix" を辞書で確認します。
・Merriam-Webster Dictionary: a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity: … it's impossible to quote Ryan directly without liberal use of the grawlix …
・Wiktionary: A string of typographical symbols, especially "@#$%&!", used (especially in comic strips) to represent an obscenity or swearword.
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