Meaning

(humorous) Deliberate misspelling of classic..

Definitions by Sense

1. (humorous) Deliberate misspelling of classic.
2. A type of error in which some bowdlerizing software garbles words by using tamer alternatives to replace objectionable words occurring within a word.

Example Sentences

That's a clbuttic idea!

And sometimes such changes are done automatically, with no chance for review -- either for "security" reasons, when Yahoo Mail started replacing 'eval' in *emails* with 'review' (The Hindu carried an article about "the world of medireview Indian history", others on 'reviewuate'), or for "profanity" reasons ("fixing" 'ass' and 'tit'), of which "consbreastitution"^([sic]) is a clbuttic embarbutting example.

I think you mean this clbuttic post: > http://osteele.com/archives/2004/11/ides

This is one of the clbuttic (spelling intentional) reasons why simple find/replace doesn't always work and regular expressions are often used instead.

Indeed, the error is similar to the “clbuttic effect” described above—an errant text filter attempting to “clean up” text by replacing offensive terms with theoretically more appropriate ones.

This last phenomenon is sometimes referred to as ‘the clbuttic effect’, named in honour of the mangling of the word ‘classic’ by over-zealous obscenity filters.

For the mistake to occur, the letters ass are transformed into the (presumably less offensive) word butt, leaving you with a text full of clbuttics—not to mention the potential for mbuttive (massive) quantities, someone pbutting (passing) a football, and so on.

Profanity can also be found in-between a name. My solution will not detect the profanity in the name “ArAssvin” and that’s because of the clbuttic mistake.

Word Forms

• more clbuttic
• most clbuttic
• clbuttics

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When Should You Use Clbuttic?

Use clbuttic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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