Bowdlerize vs Bulldozer - What's the difference?
bowdlerize | bulldozer |
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
* 1909 , , Ann Veronica , ch. 1:
* 1912 , , The Lost World , ch. 2:
* 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 455:
A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
One who bulldozes.
(chiefly, in the plural) A self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents. Also known as "regulators". Later used to describe anyone who intimidated or bullied in a similar manner.
A bully, overbearing individual.
As verbs the difference between bowdlerize and bulldozer
is that bowdlerize is to remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly while bulldozer is to bulldoze (push through forcefully).As a noun bulldozer is
a tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.bowdlerize
English
Alternative forms
* bowdlerise, Bowdlerize, BowdleriseVerb
(bowdleriz)- The bowdlerized version of the novel, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavor.
- Mr. Stanley decided to treat that as irrelevant. "There ought to be a Censorship of Books." . . .
- Ogilvy pursued his own topic. "I'm inclined to think, Stanley, myself that as a matter of fact it was the expurgated Romeo and Juliet did the mischief. . . . All they left it was the moon and stars. And the balcony and ‘My Romeo!’"
- "Shakespeare is altogether different from the modern stuff. Altogether different. I'm not discussing Shakespeare. I don't want to Bowdlerize Shakespeare."
- "Wadley sent a message: ‘The President of the Zoological Institute presents his compliments to Professor Challenger, and would take it as a personal favor if he would do them the honor to come to their next meeting.’ The answer was unprintable."
- "You don't say?"
- "Well, a bowdlerized version of it would run: ‘Professor Challenger presents his compliments to the President of the Zoological Institute, and would take it as a personal favor if he would go to the devil.’"
- His critics take alarm only when it becomes apparent that he would bowdlerize Homer and exclude from his state the great tragedians.
