Disemvowelment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of disemvoweling. uncountable

    "Ms. Hayden has been credited with one of the more creative online responses to nasty commentators – disemvowelment, the removal of all the vowels from a post. Not quite censorship, but not exactly unfettered commentary, either."

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"Ms. Hayden has been credited with one of the more creative online responses to nasty commentators – disemvowelment, the removal of all the vowels from a post. Not quite censorship, but not exactly unfettered commentary, either."

Etymology

Blend of disembowelment + vowel.

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