- An
expurgation of a work, also
known as a
bowdlerization or fig-leaf edition, is a form of
censorship that
involves purging anything deemed noxious or...
- biographer,
Thomas Bowdler the Younger. From his name
derives the
eponym verb
bowdlerise or bowdlerize,
meaning expurgate,
censor [sth], that is the
omission of...
-
Released as a single, "Not Now John", with its
chorus of "**** all that"
bowdlerised to "Stuff all that";
Melody Maker declared it "a
milestone in the history...
- and to the
excavations of
Calleva Atrebatum,
together with a full-size
bowdlerised replica of the
Bayeux Tapestry, an art collection, and
galleries relating...
- and
editor of the
Family Shakespeare (1818),
inspiration of the term
bowdlerisation Thomas Bowdler the
Younger (1782-1856),
Church of
England priest and...
- to **** and death, and many
versions have
appeared following efforts to
bowdlerise this song for
performance in
public ceremonies. In private,
students will...
- family-friendly intentions. The
Bowdler name is also the
origin of the term "
bowdlerise",
meaning to omit
parts of a work on
moral grounds. The
first edition...
-
Goose rhymes. In the
early and mid-20th centuries, this was a form of
bowdlerisation,
concerned with some of the more
violent elements of
nursery rhymes...
- tale
contained within the
Introduction to the
Fourth Day. Tale IX.x is
bowdlerised, but
possibly because the
translator was
working from
faulty sources...
- "g'schwindi" is a
dialect word
derived from "geschwind",
meaning "quickly". The
bowdlerised text of the
early printed editions reads:
Another semi-bowdlerized adaptation...
