Lexicon Hack: The Undictionary

Apr 26, 2009 13:55

It's amazing what the right incredibly trivial hack can do: this Greasemonkey script can be readily pressed into the service of crafting an undictionary -- a list of words which, when typed in Firefox, will automatically be replaced by something suitably embarrassing. Already feels like my brain is being forcibly remoulded by having to circumlocute around a few common words that hide deep prejudices; it's deliciously frustrating. (Anyone who can correctly guess any item on the list gets a virtual lollipop.)

Now if only it were that easy with speech . . .

(PS -- e-mail backlog will be dealt with Monday. Not ignoring anyone, word of honor, just tying some loose ends.)

watch your language, mindhacks, techne

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