[jodrellblank]

Your comment triggered previously unsuspected knowledge of cartoon swearing, making me suspicious that your censoring is both too short and containing two ampersands next to each other, which just isn't on (apparently - who am I to argue with my subconscious?).

On a closer look, one of your ampersands appears to be italicised, suggesting your original typing was two characters longer and more even, which would make it look more typical.

HN's markup doesn't seem to have been designed with cryptoswearing in mind.

[davidw]

The great thing about "crypto swearing" is that it's a variable where the reader can insert a phrase he or she feels is appropriate for the phrase, without getting offended, or snickering at something not strong enough. For instance, in the above phrase, you could use anything from "dad burned", to "gosh darned" to "god damn motherfucking".