Disemvowel

Quick meaning: Disemvowel is a verb meaning (transitive, sometimes humorous) To remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words.

Meaning

(transitive, sometimes humorous) To remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words.

Example Sentences

Another swearing-curtailing device is to allow the taboo word but disenvowel it, so that fuck and cunt become "f-ck" and "c-nt."

By the way, what has become of the conspiracy of Brander Matthews et als to disemvowel the English language? Not that it matters.

Edna [Dame Edna Everage] reveals that she will always outmuscle [Barry] Humphries, disemvowelling his name to reduce it to the interjection "Hmmph!"

If someone you've disemvowelled comes back and behaves, forgive and forget their earlier gaffes. You're acting in the service of civility, not abstract justice.

Word Forms

• disemvowels
• disemvoweling
• disemvowelling
• disemvoweled
• disemvowelled
• disenvowel

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disenvowel, elide, envowel, embowel, expunge, devocalize.

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