# Crossed out text **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 18, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968 "2006-11-18T18:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/1 "2006-11-18T18:54:54Z")
How do you post “crossed out” text? (I.e. text with a line through it.) I’ve seen this before in posts here, but I don’t find a vb code for it. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/2 "2006-11-18T18:57:36Z")
{del}like this{/del} just replace the squiggly brackets with square ones: [del]like this[/del] ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/3 "2006-11-18T18:58:13Z")
“del” in brackets before, & with a slash after. ---
**Author:** ![anni77777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@anni77777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anni77777)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/4 "2012-11-03T15:49:27Z")
{del}amigo{/del} ---
**Author:** ![anni77777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@anni77777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anni77777)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/5 "2012-11-03T15:50:55Z")
[del]like this[/del] ---
**Author:** ![anni77777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@anni77777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anni77777)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/6 "2012-11-03T15:53:08Z")
[del]amigo[/del] ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/7 "2012-11-03T15:55:37Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > How do you post “crossed out” text? (I.e. text with a line through it.) I’ve seen this before in posts here, but I don’t find a vb code for it. > > -FrL- If you see a post and want to know how the poster coded it, just hit “reply” to the post and you’ll see. Try it on post #5 or 6 here. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/8 "2012-11-03T16:23:02Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > {del}like this{/del} > > just replace the squiggly brackets with square ones: [del]like this[/del] > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > “del” in brackets before, & with a slash after. > [@anni77777](#): > > {del}amigo{/del} > [@anni77777](#): > > [del]like this[/del] [noparse][del]so like this then?[/del][/noparse]😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/9 "2012-11-03T16:42:29Z")
This [del]zombie[/del] post is six years old. [del]BRAIIIIIINNNNNSSSSS[/del] ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/10 "2012-11-03T17:17:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > This [del]zombie[/del] post is six years old. [del]BRAIIIIIINNNNNSSSSS[/del] [del]Who gives a flying f..k? [/del] [del]BFD!!![/del] So what!?!?! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/11 "2012-11-03T19:49:16Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > [del]Who gives a flying f..k? [/del] > > [del]BFD!!![/del] > > So what!?!?! No big deal. I thought it amusing that **John Mace** replied to **Frylock’s** OP six years later. I think that **Frylock** has probably gotten it by now. ---
**Author:** ![anni77777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@anni77777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anni77777)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/12 "2012-11-03T20:31:48Z")
lol.sorry just practicing! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/13 "2012-11-03T20:37:55Z")
That’s OK. You’re in the right forum for practicing. And don’t mind the zombie jokes. Zombies are what we call several year old threads that have been revived. It’s not a bad thing to bump an old thread. But brace yourself for the inevitable zombie jokes. Some people find them amusing, some don’t. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/14 "2012-11-03T21:17:29Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If you see a post and want to know how the poster coded it, just hit “reply” to the post and you’ll see. Try it on post #5 or 6 here. Zombie or no, that is very helpful advice. I don’t think I ever have thought of that, even though I see the coding all the time. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/15 "2012-11-03T23:09:51Z")
And if you want to see if something is a zombie thread, just look at the date of the first post. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/16 "2012-11-04T02:48:21Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > That’s OK. You’re in the right forum for practicing. And don’t mind the zombie jokes. Zombies are what we call several year old threads that have been revived. It’s not a bad thing to bump an old thread. But brace yourself for the inevitable zombie jokes. Some people find them amusing, some don’t. I kinda like the zombie jokes, providing they’re at least a bit clever, as some are. If a zombie joke post seems to include a decent pun (topical to the thread topic), or contributes something new on-topic to the thread, then I’m good with that. When I was a kiddie, I got non-stop jokes about my last name, but it was almost always the same two obvious ones, and that got old. On the rare occasion that someone came up with something original, I could appreciate that. Same with zombie jokes. Now, I want to know if there’s a BBcode to make a zombie thread. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossed-out-text/380968/17 "2012-11-04T15:13:30Z")
Do zombies eat their popcorn with their fingers? No, they eat them separately! Just trying to get it right with zombie jokes. 😃