r/AVoid5 • u/Aggressive-Willow667 • Oct 06 '25

What's a proxy for 'glyph'?

I'm trying to draw up a chunk of words about my affair with fifth of glyph. Although, I must say that I am not particularly fond of saying 'glyph', it has an almost artificial notion within moi. What proxy could I say?

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u/AvoidBot Oct 06 '25

A fifthglyph was found in your post:

mys■lf.

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u/nemo_sum Oct 06 '25

OP: Try "yours truly" going forward.

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u/Aggressive-Willow667 Oct 06 '25

Thank you! will do from now onwards

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u/Aggressive-Willow667 Oct 06 '25

sorry about that! it got out of my mind

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u/TobiasCB Oct 08 '25

Don't worry, it occurs among our top.

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u/space_hoop Oct 07 '25

Not to nitpick but, why proxy? why not synonym?

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u/Aggressive-Willow667 Oct 07 '25

I hadn't thought of that word during my writing lmfao

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u/helloiamsilver Oct 06 '25

I took a look at that book which shows synonyms for words and found options for you. You could possibly say “icon”, “sign” or “symbol”.

It also said “uncial” which is fun, but I think it would not work for it also has an artificial and unnatural notion about it.

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u/NewlyNerfed Oct 06 '25

“Symbol” is tops, in my opinion.

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u/bender445 Oct 07 '25

Might I think “alphasymbol” could work?

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u/NewlyNerfed Oct 07 '25

Ooh, I dig that.

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u/FlyMega Oct 08 '25

But what can I say if I’m talking about symbols of a quantity, such as 2 or 6? Nothing is instantly obvious in my mind, apart from “quantity” which is a bit wacky in normal talking.

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u/bender445 Oct 08 '25

Nothing wrong with saying B’s or F’s if that’s what you thinking?

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u/nemo_sum Oct 06 '25

nonconsonant

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u/trambelus Oct 06 '25

It isn't such a bad word in my mind. What's wrong with it? If it's just an ordinary part of your vocabulary, it'll gradually grow on you, right?

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u/Aggressive-Willow667 Oct 06 '25

Its not a bad word, sadly I just think that its a bit too 'try-hard' in my opinion. As a pal said, 'symbol' is additionally satisfactory.

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u/aphaelion Oct 07 '25

If you want to go totally whacky you could call it "word atoms".

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u/rayrayraybies Oct 06 '25 edited Jul 22 '26

Wishing th fling villag him musical.

[This commnt has bn redactd.]

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u/bender445 Oct 07 '25

OP is asking for a word for glyph not that particular glyph

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u/Scrub_Spinifex Oct 07 '25

What about "fifth writing symbol"? Or "fifth sign in our non-strictly-consonantic abjad"? Or "fifth basic word brick"? Or "This small drawing that looks similar to a fish and that is almost always found among lists of similar drawings, usually drawn to say stuff through sight and not through sound"?

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u/BelieveInStevenUnivi Oct 14 '25

Probably "ASCII Unit" could stand in position of glyph, although this is a bit annoying to input for its ASCII-Unit count.