Hyding?

3 June 2003 · 0 comments

Michael Quinion’s World Wide Words newsletter is always a good read. In the 31 May 2003 issue he carries a query from a reader: [Is there] a good word for the deliberate misspelling of words to evade spam filters. … I say this after the fifth copy of a spam promising ‘PEN1S ENKARGEMENT’ has arrived [...]

 

Michael Quinion’s World Wide Words newsletter is always a good read. In the 31 May 2003 issue he carries a query from a reader: [Is there] a good word for the deliberate misspelling of words to evade spam filters. … I say this after the fifth copy of a spam promising ‘PEN1S ENKARGEMENT’ has arrived today. The reader suggests ‘hyding’ but Quinion has opened a competition up to his readers for other suggestions. We’ll learn the outcome on 14 June.

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