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A Zalgo-text effect applied to the words "ZALGO TEXT" Zalgo text, also known as cursed text or glitch text, is digital text that has been modified with numerous combining characters, Unicode symbols used to add diacritics above or below letters, to appear frightening or glitchy.
The Speech! allophone-based speech synthesizer software for the BBC Micro was tweaked to pronounce ghoti as fish. [13] Examination of the code reveals the string GHOTI used to identify the special case. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, there is a series of fish-type cards called "Ghoti". [14]
The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;
A geis or geas (pl. geasa) is an idiosyncratic taboo, whether of obligation or prohibition, similar to being under a vow or curse, yet the observance of which can also bring power and blessings. It is also used to mean specifically a spell prohibiting some action.
The rune ᚦ is called Thurs (Old Norse Þurs, a type of entity, from a reconstructed Common Germanic *Þurisaz) in the Icelandic and Norwegian rune poems.In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem it is called thorn, whence the name of the letter þ derived.
The origin of the gesture can be traced back to the ancient years, when it was used as a curse. It is said that even during the Eleusinian Mysteries it complemented verbal curses against evil forces. [2] The ancient name φασκέλωμα (faskéloma), alongside its variant φάσκελo (fáskelo), survives to this day as a synonym. [2]
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Grawlix in a speech bubble. Grawlix (/ ˈ ɡ r ɔː l ɪ k s /) or obscenicon is the use of typographical symbols to replace profanity.Mainly used in cartoons and comics, [1] [2] it is used to get around language restrictions or censorship in publishing.