Maledicta balloons are used in graphic novels and cartoons to depict the words which can't be printed in a family comic.
illustration by Polylerus
I rather wish there was a similarly violent and creative system that could be used in actual speech.
Word To Consider Today: maledicta. The Latin word maledictiō means a reviling. It comes from male, ill, and dicere, to speak.
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