Bowdlerize :
bowdlerize
Synonyms :
Expurgate, Censor, Blue-pencil, Cut, Edit, Purge, Sanitize, Water down, Clean up
Expurgate, Censor, Blue-pencil, Cut, Edit, Purge, Sanitize, Water down, Clean up
English Meaning :
(Verb : Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate)
(Verb : Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate)
Example : It's one thing to bowdlerize copy for family consumption, it's quite another to make it sound like someone is being suspended in an act of ultra-PC idiocy because you don't print the actual quote that got them in trouble.
It's one thing to bowdlerize copy for family consumption, it's quite another to make it sound like someone is being suspended in an act of ultra-PC idiocy because you don't print the actual quote that got them in trouble.
