A verbal substitute as a censoring interjection; to replace profane speech with kinder language.
Used as a substitute for coarse or profane exclamations, especially. those beginning or ending with a plosive or fricative consonant; an expression of surprise, irritation, or emphasis.
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Formed from the cultural acronym PLUR (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect) with the appended K (Kindness). First attested / used by the festival-going parents of a child who, upon realizing their child would adopt their expletives, decided to censor themselves with an equally effective-sounding substitute. The term has since been adopted as a playful alternative to vulgar expletives, maintaining the phonetic punch of taboo words without their profanity.
Used as a substitute for coarse or profane exclamations, especially. those beginning or ending with a plosive or fricative consonant; an expression of surprise, irritation, or emphasis.
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Formed from the cultural acronym PLUR (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect) with the appended K (Kindness). First attested / used by the festival-going parents of a child who, upon realizing their child would adopt their expletives, decided to censor themselves with an equally effective-sounding substitute. The term has since been adopted as a playful alternative to vulgar expletives, maintaining the phonetic punch of taboo words without their profanity.
“Plurk! I dropped my phone.”
"Don't plurk your life up kids."
"Plurk yea!"
“What the plurk is going on?”
"Are you plurking kidding?"
"Don't plurk your life up kids."
"Plurk yea!"
“What the plurk is going on?”
"Are you plurking kidding?"
by luminoustree September 12, 2025
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