bowdlerize
Bonus: 65 Points!
[BODE-ler-aiz]
- v. To remove or modify the parts considered offensive
- v. To modify, as by shortening, simplifying, or distorting in style or content
"How? HOW did you get out of that speeding ticket? Your excuse was a bowdlerized version of Pennsylvania v. Dunlap--not even remotely related!"
EDITOR'S NOTE: Some things the editor wishes were bowdlerized, while some could probably stand to be lengthened! (Seriously, that second thing is worth a read. Oh, Supreme Court, you sly dog!)