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This is an interesting emergent trend though because it's designed to evade automated content moderation. The whole point of "PDF file" is that it's perfectly innocuous without an understanding of the surrounding context. With real-time audio transcription increasingly common, even livestreamers have to do this to avoid getting hit with automated bans or deprioritization.


What is PDF file a euphemism for? That was the only one in the original post I couldn’t figure out.

Porn?


a nonce


Ohhhhhh.




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