self-deletion

From self- +‎ deletion.

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self-deletion (countable and uncountable, plural self-deletions)

1. (Internet slang, humorous, euphemistic) An act of suicide; an act of taking one's own life.
2. (computing, programming) The act of self-deleting.

• The term self-deletion is most often used on the Internet to bypass automatic filters that censor words such as suicide or kill oneself.

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