Bowlderizin' in the Bunker

Someone wants us to bowdlerize our fashion.  Reminds us of when  Ashcroft wanted to cover the statutes of justice.    

tr.v. bowd·ler·ized, bowd·ler·iz·ing, bowd·ler·iz·es
To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example).

[After Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.]

bowd'ler·ism n., bowd'ler·i·za'tion (-lər-ĭ-zā'shən) n., bowd'ler·iz'er n.

Word of the Day: Weltanschauung

Noun.

A comprehensive view of the world and human life.

1868, from Ger., from welt "world" + anschauung "perception"

Word of the Day: Torpid

1. Deprived of the power of motion or feeling; benumbed.
2. Dormant; hibernating.
3. Lethargic; apathetic.