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TIL Chinese internet users bypass internet censorship of offensive words by using homonyms based on memetic mythical creatures. Eg. 'Fa Ke You/ 法克鱿' meaning 'Fuck you', its direct transliteration into English. Literally, it is "French-Croatian Squid".

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