Profanity

In cartuins, profanity is eften depictit bi substitutin seembols ("grawlixes") for wirds, as a form o non-speceefic censorship.

Profanity, as defined bi Merriam-Webster, is "an offensive wird" or "offensive leid". It is an aa cried bad leid, strang leid, coarse leid, foul leid, bad wirds, vulgar leid, lewd leid, swearin, cursin, cussin, or uising expletives. This uise is a subset o a leid's lexicon that is generally considered tae be strangly impolite, rude or offensive. It can shaw a debasement o someone or something, or shaw intense emotion. Profanity in this sense taks the form o wirds or verbal expressions that faw intae the category o formulaic leid.