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* Penn And Teller's Bullshit - the DVDs say "Bullsh* t", or sometimes just "BS".

* The upcoming TV adaptation of the {{twitter}} feed [[$#*!(Bleep)MyDadSays ''Shit My Dad Says'']] is usually referred to out loud as "[Bleep] My Dad Says''. In print, SymbolSwearing characters are used.

* The upcoming TV adaptation of the {{twitter}} feed ''Shit My Dad Says'' is usually referred to out loud as "[Bleep] My Dad Says''. In print, SymbolSwearing characters are used.

* Or "Kick-Butt"

* Noted BoardGames/CardGames/TabletopGames manufacturer Cheapass Games -- so-called because [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin they keep the price down]] by omitting anything that you can borrow from your other board games, like play money -- is often called "CAG" in polite company.

* Beck's debut album, ''Mellow Gold'', featured two songs with strong language in the titles. The back of the album lists the songs in question as "%*!@?# With My Head (Mountain Dew Rock)" and "&*$^?#%*@!#."

** I always assumed the intentional misspelling of the title was done for this very reason.

** Averted (possibly ''inverted'' depending on your point of view) by the Norwegians, who called it ''The Spy Who Ejaculated On Me'' (or words to that effect).

* Some posters for the movie ''Kick-Ass'' called the movie "Kick-A* $"

* ''Stuff is Messed Up'' by TheOffspring -- the chorus uses the phrase "Shit is fucked up", but the band made the title different so it could be printed on the CD case.

** Averted by the Norwegians, who called it ''The Spy Who Ejaculated On Me'' (or words to that effect).

Not to be confused with {{Bowdlerization}}, as the work only seems less offensive on the surface. Related to GoshDangItToHeck and SoundEffectBleep.

* Agatha Christie's ''Ten Little Niggers'' had its title censored twice, being released as either ''TenLittleIndians'' or ''AndThenThereWereNone''

* Gregg Araki's early independent movie ''Totally [=F*** ed=] Up''.

* Some posters for the movie Kick-Ass called the movie "[=Kick-A* $=]"

* "Uncle [=F** ka=]" is the title of one of the songs on the soundtrack of ''SouthPark: Bigger, Longer & Uncut''.

* Penn And Teller's Bullshit - the DVDs say "[=Bullsh* t=]", or sometimes just "BS".

* Star Me Kitten by [[{{REM}} R.E.M.]] In the actual song the F-word is used.

* The play ''Shopping and Fucking'' was usually listed as ''Shopping and [=F*** king=]'' in ads.

** Some of them, mysteriously, showed the full title onscreen while the voiceover announced the censored version. Maybe the rules about written swearwords are different...

* Star Me Kitten by R.E.M. In the actual song the F-word is used.

* The Liz Phair song titled "H.W.C." (abbreviation for "hot white cum", the phrase used in the song).
* "Star Star" by the Rolling Stones was originally "Starfucker" but changed at the insistence of the record label.
* The Ween song "L.M.L.Y.P." (Let Me Lick Your Pussy).

* Gregg Araki's early independent movie ''Totally F*** ed Up''.

* Some posters for the movie Kick-Ass called the movie "Kick-A* $"

* "Uncle F** ka" is the title of one of the songs on the soundtrack of ''SouthPark: Bigger, Longer & Uncut''.

* Penn And Teller's Bullshit - the DVDs say "Bullsh* t", or sometimes just "BS".

* The play Shopping and Fucking was usually listed as Shopping and F*** king in ads.

* ''SouthPark'' episode "Chicken Lover," in which the eponymous criminal is actually dubbed 'Chicken ''Fucker''.'

* The second Austin Powers film was advertised as The Spy Who... on most poster sites, leaving off the "Shagged Me" from the end of the title.
** Averted by the Norwegians, who called it The Spy Who Ejaculated On Me (or words to that effect).
* ''ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'' was often listed as simply Zack And Miri, and one poster didn't have the title at all, just reading "Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks made a movie so outrageous that we can't even tell you the title."
* Occurred with the DV Ds of KnockedUp, in which the "ed Up" part was covered by a huge, orange sticker listing the price at a Wal-Mart.
* ThePopeMustDie, in which Robbie Coltrane plays a chubby priest accidentally raised to the papacy (who faces an assasination plot as a result). In some markets, retitled The Pope Must Diet.
* TV ads for InglouriousBasterds (at least in the UK before the Watershed) just called it Inglourious.

* MeetTheFockers had parts of the last word replaced by asterisks in some published reviews.
* Gregg Araki's early independent movie Totally F*** ed Up.
* S.F.W., a movie from The Nineties featuring Stephen Dorff and Reese Witherspoon, is normally known by its acronym. The full title is So Fucking What.

* Fucking Amal was released under various alternate titles, in the USA it is known as ShowMeLove

* ''Waif Me'' is an alternate title for ''Rape Me'' by {{Nirvana}}, changed so that the album ''In Utero'' could be sold in Wal-Mart and other stores with CD censorship policies.

* On Warren Zevon's album Life'll Kill Ya the song "My Shit's Fucked Up" was left off the song list on the outer casing.
* Rap group NWA (the full name, "Niggaz With Attitude", not generally being printed on the albums or posters). Likewise their 1991 album, whose title "Niggaz4life" was printed reversed (mirror-image) on the album--the album is often referred to as "Efil4zaggin".

* ''Waif Me'' is an alternate title for ''Rape Me'' by {{Nirvana}}, changed so that the album ''In Utero'' could be sold in K-mart and other stores with CD censorship policies.

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