emily, this one's for you :)
bowdlerize \BOUD-ler-ize\ verb
1 : to expurgate by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
2 : to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content
Example sentence:
The new regime bowdlerized history books, deleting all mention of the leaders of the resistance.
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1 : to expurgate by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
2 : to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content
Example sentence:
The new regime bowdlerized history books, deleting all mention of the leaders of the resistance.
Did you know?Few editors have achieved the notoriety of ( Read more... )
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I knew about this - except the sanitation bit. Somehow that elevates him from annoying to pathetic. He just wanted people to be clean! Probably the French drove him to it.
You have added some milk of human kindess to the bitter Bowdler brew.
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