Disemvowel

Lefty blogs love to 'disemvowel' commenters for varying too far from the party line, be it Iraq, climate change, or the One. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

Instead of deleting a post, I may disemvowel the URL to commercial sites even if a post is arguably on-topic when I believe the poster is engaged in a pattern of linking to different commercial sites under false names. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Funny how you did not disemvowel the aforementioned post. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Moderator's note: I have disemvoweled a part of this post, consistent with version 1.3 of the comments policy, which states "I may disemvowel the URL to commercial sites even if a post is arguably on-topic when I believe the poster is engaged in a pattern of linking to different commercial sites under false names, or even to a single site under multiple names or linked terms."] ❋ Unknown (2009)

I will delete (or disemvowel) comments that are duplicative, commercial, needlessly foul or mean or otherwise inappropriately offensive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A better question is whether I should go back and disemvowel the post you were kind enough to reprint (and your reprinting of it), but that horse seems to have bolted the barn some time ago, so I'm not sure I see the point. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tell you the truth, and I must be careful because Professor Froomkin will certainly disemvowel me if I go to far, but let me tell you, young'un: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wow looks like the host is getting good use of his disemvowel program. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead of deleting a post, I may disemvowel the URL to commercial sites even if a post is arguably on-topic when I believe the poster is engaged in a pattern of linking to different commercial sites under false names, or even to a single site under multiple names or linked terms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As someone not very many feet away from me remarked, the appropriate response to a post like #365 by "John Clarke" isn't to disemvowel or delete it; it's to leave it up, fully intact, for the ages. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'd insert a comment here about how the NYT editors 'failure to namecheck TNH's genius is akin to something Hitler might do, then maybe I'd insert a url in that that sneakily hijacks the browser for a full-screen technicolor goatse kitten-porn gotcha extravaganza -- but then TNH herself would disemvowel me, and I'd join the ranks of the article's subjects, and all would be moot. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I'm going to disemvowel the worst of what you've said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Easier to keep the music going, silence the vocals with or without a hand clamped over the troll's mouth as the director chooses and disemvowel the subtitles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If the intention is to make the thing harder to read, why not disemvowel it and really give 'em a good workout? ❋ Unknown (2010)

I will delete (or disemvowel) comments that are duplicative, commercial, needlessly foul or mean or otherwise inappropriately offensive ❋ Unknown (2008)

[The post] was just a troll, so the [mod] disemvowelled it so people will just [skip it]. ❋ SLR (2005)

In order to get his nickname to [fit] on his [license plate], he [had to] disemvowel it. ❋ Ozzy42 (2008)

Camille: "HW R U BBY?" Jeff: "Gr8, G2G... [l8tr]?" Camille: "SH!T, kk." ~~~~~~~~ Teacher 1: "I don't get kids these days, always on their [electronic gadgets], sexting and *GR8-ing* on my nerves..." Teacher 2:" They've completely [disemvoweled] the English language, it's atrocious..." ❋ Sunshyne Lollipops (2010)

Cutting taxes would improve the economy and boost government revenue. It worked for JFK and it worked for Ronald Reagan. Blog Moderator: "I don't agree with this and I HATE Ronald Reagan, so lets disemvowel this post. Cttng [txs] [wld] mprv th [cnm] nd [bst] gvrnmnt rvn. t wrkd fr JFK nd t wrkd fr Rnld [Rgn]. Blog Moderator: "Much better! Now this message that I disagree with is virtually impossible to read and I can argue that I didn't censor this post!" ❋ Lubertdas (2009)

He started [flaming] me in the [comments], so I disemvoweled his [post]. ❋ Marsha Fox (2005)