gyaru-moji

noun2

1. •
   A form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended

   • In fact, newspaper accounts chronicle the rise of gyaru-moji (“girl-signs”), a “secret” texting language of symbols improvised by Japanese teenage girls. — 2009
2. •
   The characters or symbols used for such substitutions

   • For example, the phonetic symbol に (ni) can be written in gyaru moji as |=, I=, (=, or L= — 2015