- An
expurgation of a work, also
known as a
bowdlerization, is a form of
censorship that
involves purging anything deemed noxious or
offensive from an artistic...
- 1830s; they and
others consider the
expression to have been a
simple bowdlerization, with,
according to the
Oxford English Dictionary, an
unknown origin...
- evil. A "fig-leaf edition" of a work is
known as an
expurgation or
Bowdlerization.
Ancient Gr**** art was
dominated by the
tradition of
heroic nudity and...
-
separate volumes, e.g. The
Fellowship of the Ring. Dyson's
actual comment,
bowdlerized in the TV version, was "Not
another ****ing Elf!" Grovier,
Kelly (29...
- the
United States "Fellow" is
substituted for "****" or "****er" in
bowdlerized or
sanitized versions of the acronym. Quote: "Designing the B-29 had...
- ****umed that it was for
distribution and,
unaware that a
politically bowdlerized version had been
published by Otis,
published the
original in both Spanish...
- on June 12, 1972, and was
advertised in The New York
Times under the
bowdlerized title Throat. The film's po****rity
helped launch a
brief period of upper-middle...
-
translations of this kind, such as that of
Edward Lane (1840, 1859), were
bowdlerized.
Unabridged and
unexpurgated translations were made,
first by John Payne...
-
liberties the
filmmakers take with reality, but that this isn't an
engaging bowdlerization...
Johnny Depp
neither soars nor crashes, but
moseys forward with vague...
- will wish for a
closer rendering,
though models are easy to find."
Bowdlerization Eggcorn Euphemism Expletive deleted Four-letter word
Fuddle duddle Hlonipha...
