Asterisk

[Sonia]

Symbol used online for 3 things usually.

1. Bolding or emphasizing a word where font types are unavailable.
2. A way of setting off a word that gives what youre writing a tone without actually leading the reader to believe that youre saying the word.
3. Making a correction to a previous mistake.

[Luis Fok]

A symbol used almost only for replacing the vowels in a curse word by those who are too scared to type the real word.

[Sommer]

A star shaped symbol (*) used to [correct] or clarify a spelling mistake when said mistake cannot be edited. Typically youll see these types of corrections in chat rooms, text messages, or fast comment chains. These corrections can be applied by the original commenter or by another person.

[Vania]

(verb) 1. to use one or more asterisks to cover up a suggestive word. You can asterisk the word fuck as f***.
2. to make or cause to seem (a word) suggestive.

[Mark Zuckerberg]

Not just a symbol(*). But a reference to ones sphincter, specifically the anus.

Notably used by [Kurt Vonnegut] in his novel Breakfast of Champions. Also appears in the Dresden Dolls song, The Kill.

[Little_Girl]

Used to determine whether a piece of ass is worth the risk involved.

[Britney]

A ‘roidhead who is stupid enough to think he needs fake muscles to be good at sports.

[Vania]

A small star-shaped symbol used to denote an explanation of the word/phrase that it succeeds.

• <~~~~~~Thats an asterisk.

[Britney]

The person thats to pussy enough to cuss in a [Christian Minecraft server], so he uses an [asterisk] to get away from [the mods].

[Oralee]

Cloud and on-premise solution that enables enterprises to manage business phones via tools such as PBX, SIP trucking and more. A software product by Digium

[Oralee]

the symbol * , used to refer readers to a note at the bottom of a page of text, or to show that a letter is missing from a word: