ทีวีเซนเซอร์คำ(tee wee sen-ser kam)
Meanings
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TV word-censorship
the practice by television broadcasters of censoring specific words (e.g., profanity, slurs) in programs
Examples
รายการraai gaanรายการraai gaan1program; show (TV/radio/online)2list; listing3item; entry (on a list/form)4agenda; schedule (of items)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ทีวีเซนเซอร์คำtee wee sen-ser kamทีวีเซนเซอร์คำtee wee sen-ser kam1TV word-censorship2[to] censor words on TVหยาบyàapหยาบyàap1coarse; rough (texture)2rude; vulgar (language/behavior)3crude; unrefined (quality/finish)4coarse; crude (not fine or exact)ระหว่างrá-wàangระหว่างrá-wàang1between; among2during3interval; in-between timeออกอากาศòk aa-gàatออกอากาศòk aa-gàat1[to] broadcast; air2on air; being broadcast; aired3broadcast (noun)ช่วงเย็นchûuang yenช่วงเย็นchûuang yenevening
This show uses TV word-censoring for profanities during the early evening broadcast.
2VerbB2
[to] censor words on TV
to bleep, mute, blur, or otherwise censor particular words in television content
Examples
รายการraai gaanรายการraai gaan1program; show (TV/radio/online)2list; listing3item; entry (on a list/form)4agenda; schedule (of items)เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoการgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterทีวีเซนเซอร์คำtee wee sen-ser kamทีวีเซนเซอร์คำtee wee sen-ser kam1TV word-censorship2[to] censor words on TVหยาบyàapหยาบyàap1coarse; rough (texture)2rude; vulgar (language/behavior)3crude; unrefined (quality/finish)4coarse; crude (not fine or exact)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofแทบtâepแทบtâep1almost; nearly2barely; hardly3virtually; practicallyไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)ยินyinยินyinliterary form related to “to hear”บทสนทนาbòt sŏn-tá-naaบทสนทนาbòt sŏn-tá-naa1dialogue; conversation2dialogue (lines in literature/drama/film)
Last night's show censored the profanity on TV so much that you could barely hear the dialogue.
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ทีวีเซนเซอร์คำtee wee sen-ser kamทีวีเซนเซอร์คำtee wee sen-ser kamTV word-censorship