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Definition of Bowdlerized

Bowdlerized
Bowdlerize Bowd"ler*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowdlerized; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowdlerizing.] [After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an English physician, who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.] To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive. It is a grave defect in the splendid tale of Tom Jones . . . that a Bowlderized version of it would be hardly intelligible as a tale. --F. Harrison. -- Bowd`ler*i*za"tion, n. -- Bowd"ler*ism, n.

Meaning of Bowdlerized from wikipedia

- censored classical works. A fig-leaf edition is a more satirical term for a bowdlerized text, deriving from the practice of covering the genitals of nudes in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Another characteristic was the utterance of the phrase "Holy Chim" (a bowdlerized version of "holy ****"), usually when the stunt was ongoing and he realized...
- (1973) Time Masters (1982) Gandahar (1987) (released in the U.S. in bowdlerized form under the title Light Years) Short films Tick-Tock (Tic-Tac) (1957)...
- Friday", although the chain's television commercials as of 2010[update] bowdlerized the phrase as "Thank Goodness It's Friday". TGI Fridays operates over...
- originally stood for "Status Nominal: All ****ed Up." It is sometimes bowdlerized to all fouled up or similar. It means that the situation is bad, but...
- The bowdlerised text of the early printed editions reads: Another semi-bowdlerized adaptation is found in the recordings of The Complete Mozart edition...
- heard in po****r m**** entertainment markets. Most parents considered the bowdlerized po****r cover versions more palatable for the m**** audience of parents...
- an acronym for Situation unchanged: still ****ed up, but can also be bowdlerized—just like SNAFU—to Situation unchanged: still fouled up. It is used in...