{"id":35677,"date":"2022-04-09T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T20:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=35677"},"modified":"2022-04-09T15:59:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T20:59:56","slug":"word-of-the-day-784","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/04\/09\/word-of-the-day-784\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Algospeak<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Algospeak<\/strong>, also known as\u00a0Voldemorting<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Slang Replacement<\/strong>, is a term that refers to the replacement of keywords and phrases deemed\u00a0NSFW<\/a> or not brand-safe according to social media algorithms on platforms like TikTok<\/a>, Twitch<\/a>, Instagram <\/a>and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>, among others, as well as online games. The term is a portmanteau of the words “algorithm” and “speak.” The history of algospeak dates back to examples like\u00a0unalive<\/a>, which function as a way to write banned and censored words or topics without fear of demonetization or removal. Many examples use symbols and\u00a0emojis<\/a>\u00a0to replace letters and words or simple alternate spellings and phrases. In 2022, the term became more widely known due to the necessity of the practice for marginalized communities as chat and word filters became prevalent online. [Know Your Meme<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Noted in “Internet \u2018algospeak\u2019 is changing our language in real time, from \u2018nip nops\u2019 to \u2018le dollar bean<\/em><\/a>\u2019,” Taylor Lorenz, WaPo<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlgospeak\u201d is becoming increasingly common across the Internet as people seek to bypass content moderation filters on social media platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Twitch.<\/p>\n

Algospeak refers to code words or turns of phrase users have adopted in an effort to create a brand-safe lexicon that will avoid getting their posts removed or down-ranked by content moderation systems. For instance, in many online videos, it\u2019s common to say \u201cunalive<\/a>\u201d rather than \u201cdead,\u201d \u201cSA\u201d instead of \u201csexual assault,\u201d or \u201cspicy eggplant\u201d instead of \u201cvibrator.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Basically, how to “Beat the Man!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Algospeak: Algospeak, also known as\u00a0Voldemorting\u00a0or\u00a0Slang Replacement, is a term that refers to the replacement of keywords and phrases deemed\u00a0NSFW or not brand-safe according to social media algorithms on platforms like TikTok, Twitch, Instagram and\u00a0YouTube, among others, as well as online games. The term is a portmanteau of the words “algorithm” \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35678,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35677\/revisions\/35678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}