EXPURGATOR

expurgator, bowdlerizer, bowdleriser

(noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; “Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

expurgator (plural expurgators)

One who expurgates.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex"pur*ga`tor, n.

Definition: One who expurgates or purifies.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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