Disemvoweling

Not to be confused with disembowelling.
Sticker "Ght whln" using the Run-DMC logo design: disemvoweling of German slogan "Geht wählen" ("Go vote")

Disemvoweling, disemvowelling (British and Commonwealth English), or disemvowelment is writing a piece of text with all the vowel letters removed.[1] Disemvoweling is often used in band and company names. It used to be a common feature of SMS language where space was costly.[1]

  1. ^ a b Maxwell, Kerry (13 August 2007). "disemvowelling or disemvoweling". Word of the Week Archive. Macmillan. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2009.