bowdlerize
verb (used with object)
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
bowdlerism
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a word derived from
bowdlerize.
Example Sentences
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Connoisseurs of bowdlerism may note that the National is twice as prudish as the Bush, removing the “c” as well as the “u” from the nerve-inducing word.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2015
To carry cholera, water supplies must be contaminated by human fecal matter, or, if you prefer another bowdlerism, human excrement.
From Time Magazine Archive
