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If you’re going to include a swear word in something you write, is it better to include the first letter and some asterisks, so the word is censored but people still know what it is? On the other hand, is there any point in censoring it like this if people already know what it is? Does censoring it like that cause them to think about the swear word more?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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