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I recall my child years ago playing this game (maybe age 8?) and explaining how they communicated with words like 'socks' for 6, 'ate' for 8 etc. because numbers were banned to avoid kids giving out sensitive info like their age, address etc.


Block-Chat™!

http://habitatchronicles.com/2007/03/the-untold-history-of-t...

By hook, or by crook, [people] will always find a way to connect with each other.

— Randy Farmer


There is also the creative ways the kids scold eachother on there. You can't say "Go kill yourself" and stuff like that, so they go out of their way to reinvent ways to say things, like "Go commit neck rope" etc.




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