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Word for the Day, Monday, April 12, 2010-- bowdlerize
4/12/10 | xs

Posted on 04/12/2010 5:07:24 AM PDT by xsmommy

Word For The Day, Monday, 4/12/10



In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

bowdlerize; verb

1 : to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar 2 : to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content

Etymology:

1830–40; after Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English editor of an expurgated edition of Shakespeare

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....




TOPICS: Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: bowdlerize; censorship; deception; wordfortheday
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To: hobbes1

A++++++ that’s great!


21 posted on 04/12/2010 5:42:35 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NeoCaveman

A+++ he’s nuts sez sark ; )


22 posted on 04/12/2010 5:43:22 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

no, sweet’ums you are the first : )


23 posted on 04/12/2010 5:43:42 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NeoCaveman
yeah, i just bet he will.
24 posted on 04/12/2010 5:45:30 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I <...> to <...> <...> <...> <...> bowdlerize <...> my <...>.


25 posted on 04/12/2010 5:51:17 AM PDT by sig226 (Mourn this day, the death of a great republic. March 21, 2010)
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To: xsmommy

Sure, it’s tragic and all. But most decent-sized companies have policies against putting all of their key employees onto one airplane.


26 posted on 04/12/2010 5:52:01 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

Well that makes me feel all better, now.


27 posted on 04/12/2010 5:52:49 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (we now live in a post-Obamapacolyptic world)
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To: xsmommy

Sarko is right.


28 posted on 04/12/2010 5:53:27 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (we now live in a post-Obamapacolyptic world)
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To: sig226

<> <> <> ++


29 posted on 04/12/2010 5:54:55 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

it was not a good idea. doesn’t mean that the russkies were not behind it in some way.


30 posted on 04/12/2010 5:55:31 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NeoCaveman

oh that shirtless hunk o man, vlad... LOL!


31 posted on 04/12/2010 5:55:53 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Not nearly as great as a little advance notice that you were gracing the area with your presence would have been!

JA.


32 posted on 04/12/2010 5:56:40 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to...." ;)
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To: hobbes1

did you see my post on the last thread about me asking about 6-7 people about street parking in manhattan and being told by every single one of them “i don’t know, i don’t drive” ? unreal!


33 posted on 04/12/2010 5:56:55 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

so do you think he had the Poles whacked?


34 posted on 04/12/2010 5:57:37 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (we now live in a post-Obamapacolyptic world)
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To: hobbes1

did you not glean from my posts that it was IMPROMPTU? i posted it as we decided— that instead of going straight home, since my FIL wasn’t feeling well enough for us to descend on him, we decided to detour and go home via Manhattan, since xsfrosh hadn’t been there since she was in a stroller and the Twin Towers still stood.


35 posted on 04/12/2010 5:58:31 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Yes...I was ROR at your surprise at that....


36 posted on 04/12/2010 5:59:39 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to...." ;)
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To: xsmommy

Healthcare: the libs try to bowdlerize
Hoping that we won’t familiarize
Ourselves with the facts
Now Obama attacks
Believing his rhetoric will mesmerize


37 posted on 04/12/2010 6:00:11 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Barack Obama: Government:: Bernie Madoff: Finance)
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To: xsmommy

Yes, I saw that it was impromptu.

Presuming you exited via the Lincoln Tunnel, the very next exit on the Turnpike puts you 7 minutes from our house.


38 posted on 04/12/2010 6:00:45 AM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to...." ;)
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To: NeoCaveman

dunno, but i wouldn’t be surprised.


39 posted on 04/12/2010 6:01:33 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Barack and Michelle, deeply committed leftists who are deeply ashamed of what they believe to be the egregiously venal nature of American life, have decided to bowdlerize it through Obamacare and executive order before euthanizing it.


40 posted on 04/12/2010 6:02:56 AM PDT by aruanan
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