The first documented digitallipogram – URL erases a tech giant from the alphabet
A new URL, abcdfhijkmnpqrstuvwxyz.com, has been identified as the first documented digital lipogram, creatively omitting four letters. This omission serves as a commentary on a major tech company that has been criticized for its dominance in the digital space. The Iranian media agency behind the URL aims to highlight censorship following the removal of its channel from a prominent video platform.
- ▪The URL abcdfhijkmnpqrstuvwxyz.com is a digital lipogram that omits four specific letters.
- ▪This omission symbolizes the dominance of a major tech company in the digital landscape.
- ▪The Iranian digital media agency behind the URL created it as a response to censorship after its channel was removed.
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abcdfhijkmnpqrstuvwxyz.com — lipogram or signature?The URL that disORIENTs the worldIan Gmai 21, 202611PartagerSome ideas are so simple they seem obvious in hindsight. And yet no one had thought of them before. The URL abcdfhijkmnpqrstuvwxyz.com is one of them. This URL is the first documented digital lipogram.At first glance, a strange, almost unreadable string of letters (we can still make out a semblance of an alphabet). A typo, perhaps. Then comes the click — and with it, a realization as brutal as it is elegant.Look carefully. Which letters are missing?The answer, once seen, cannot be unseen.An absence that says everything.The lipogram is an ancient literary form, consisting of writing while forbidding certain letters.
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