Complete Definition of "disemvowel"

wikipedia|Disemvoweling
English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a��l|-a��l, Rhymes:English:-a�l|-a�l

Verb
en-verb|disemvowels|disemvoweling|disemvoweled

  1. To remove the vowels (from text).

#:Used in this sense as early as 1995, e.g. in an online humorous story from October 28, 1995:<blockquote>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"What happened?" the Amigoid asked.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"D'nt knw," she said. "Jst wk p nd hrd y tw tlkng n thn, sddnly nd wtht wrnng, thr ws ths ns."<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"What?" Robotech_Master asked.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I think I know what happened," Lawrence said. "It must be part of the Silliness that's infecting the Author's Altiverse."<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"S wht hppnd?"<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"You've been disemvoweled," the Amigoid informed her.</blockquote>

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  • 2007-07-25 16:26 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/71.255.155.77|71.255.155.77]] ([[User_talk:71.255.155.77|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:AutoFormat|AutoFormat]]

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