Algospeak

As automated social media content filters become more strict, users are turning to algospeak to say what they mean without triggering those filters. For example, users may say unalive instead of dead, because the word dead triggers a platform's content filter. While automated filters are intended to prevent users from saying things they shouldn't, they often just prompt users to engage in algospeak instead.

The exact algospeak used on each platform varies, because each platform's content filters and algorithms block or hide posts featuring different "offensive" words. Some additional examples of algospeak include saying:

• Le dollar bean instead of lesbian
• Accountant instead of your real, likely risqué occupation
• Corn instead of porn
• Saltine instead of cracker
• Leg booty instead of LGBT