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Algospeak (n.) is coded slang people use online to slip sensitive words past platform moderation algorithms.
Before 'algospeak,' scholar Emily van der Nagel called the habit of avoiding names online 'Voldemorting' in 2018.
'Le dollar bean,' algospeak for lesbian, came from text-to-speech mispronouncing the evasive spelling 'le$bian'.
Algospeak (n.) is Victorian euphemism, rebuilt by teenagers to dodge a content filter.
Algospeak (n.) is talking about death in baby talk so a machine won't notice.
The term first appeared in a December 2021 tweet and was popularized by Taylor Lorenz's April 2022 Washington Post article.
Algospeak (n.) is a secret code the moderator cracks about a week after your grandmother does.
Algospeak (n.) is a vocabulary written for an audience of one: the recommendation engine.
Algospeak (n.) is what a content filter gets for banning one word: ten sillier ones.
Algospeak (n.) is spelling sex with two g's so an advertiser doesn't faint.