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Meaning of "disemvowel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISEMVOWEL

From disem(bowel) + vowel.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DISEMVOWEL

disemvowel  [ˌdɪsɪmˈvaʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISEMVOWEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disemvowel is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb disemvowel in English.

WHAT DOES DISEMVOWEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Disemvoweling

Disemvoweling, disemvowelling, or disemvowelment of a piece of alphabetic text is rewriting it with all the vowel letters removed. This original sentence: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog would, after being disemvowelled, look like this: Th qck brwn fx jmps vr th lzy dg Disemvoweling is a common feature of SMS language. Because disemvoweling makes text legible only through significant cognitive effort, it is used by moderators on internet forums, newsgroups and blogs as a way to limit the effectiveness of unwanted postings or comments, such as rudeness or criticism. Disemvoweling maintains some transparency, both of the act and the underlying word, which would not be the case if the entire offending post is deleted. The word disemvoweling is a pun on vowel and disembowel. The word was used with precisely that meaning in Finnegans Wake.

Definition of disemvowel in the English dictionary

The definition of disemvowel in the dictionary is to remove the vowels from in order to abbreviate it.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISEMVOWEL

PRESENT

Present
I disemvowel
you disemvowel
he/she/it disemvowels
we disemvowel
you disemvowel
they disemvowel
Present continuous
I am disemvoweling
you are disemvoweling
he/she/it is disemvoweling
we are disemvoweling
you are disemvoweling
they are disemvoweling
Present perfect
I have disemvoweled
you have disemvoweled
he/she/it has disemvoweled
we have disemvoweled
you have disemvoweled
they have disemvoweled
Present perfect continuous
I have been disemvoweling
you have been disemvoweling
he/she/it has been disemvoweling
we have been disemvoweling
you have been disemvoweling
they have been disemvoweling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I disemvoweled
you disemvoweled
he/she/it disemvoweled
we disemvoweled
you disemvoweled
they disemvoweled
Past continuous
I was disemvoweling
you were disemvoweling
he/she/it was disemvoweling
we were disemvoweling
you were disemvoweling
they were disemvoweling
Past perfect
I had disemvoweled
you had disemvoweled
he/she/it had disemvoweled
we had disemvoweled
you had disemvoweled
they had disemvoweled
Past perfect continuous
I had been disemvoweling
you had been disemvoweling
he/she/it had been disemvoweling
we had been disemvoweling
you had been disemvoweling
they had been disemvoweling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will disemvowel
you will disemvowel
he/she/it will disemvowel
we will disemvowel
you will disemvowel
they will disemvowel
Future continuous
I will be disemvoweling
you will be disemvoweling
he/she/it will be disemvoweling
we will be disemvoweling
you will be disemvoweling
they will be disemvoweling
Future perfect
I will have disemvoweled
you will have disemvoweled
he/she/it will have disemvoweled
we will have disemvoweled
you will have disemvoweled
they will have disemvoweled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been disemvoweling
you will have been disemvoweling
he/she/it will have been disemvoweling
we will have been disemvoweling
you will have been disemvoweling
they will have been disemvoweling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would disemvowel
you would disemvowel
he/she/it would disemvowel
we would disemvowel
you would disemvowel
they would disemvowel
Conditional continuous
I would be disemvoweling
you would be disemvoweling
he/she/it would be disemvoweling
we would be disemvoweling
you would be disemvoweling
they would be disemvoweling
Conditional perfect
I would have disemvowel
you would have disemvowel
he/she/it would have disemvowel
we would have disemvowel
you would have disemvowel
they would have disemvowel
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been disemvoweling
you would have been disemvoweling
he/she/it would have been disemvoweling
we would have been disemvoweling
you would have been disemvoweling
they would have been disemvoweling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you disemvowel
we let´s disemvowel
you disemvowel
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to disemvowel
Past participle
disemvoweled
Present Participle
disemvoweling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISEMVOWEL


avowal
əˈvaʊəl
bowel
ˈbaʊəl
cowal
ˈkaʊəl
disavowal
ˌdɪsəˈvaʊəl
disbowel
dɪsˈbaʊəl
disembowel
ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl
dishtowel
ˈdɪʃˌtaʊəl
dowel
ˈdaʊəl
Dowell
ˈdaʊəl
embowel
ɪmˈbaʊəl
Powell
ˈpaʊəl
rowel
ˈraʊəl
semivowel
ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl
towel
ˈtaʊəl
trowel
ˈtraʊəl
vowel
ˈvaʊəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISEMVOWEL

disembodied
disembodies
disembodiment
disembody
disembogue
disemboguement
disemboguing
disembosom
disembowel
disembowelled
disembowelling
disembowelment
disembrangle
disembroil
disemburden
disemploy
disemployment
disempower
disempowerment
disenable

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISEMVOWEL

back vowel
bath towel
beach towel
dish towel
front vowel
hand towel
jack towel
low vowel
Nowel
open vowel
oral vowel
paper towel
pure vowel
roller towel
sanitary towel
tea towel
throw in the towel
Turkish towel

Synonyms and antonyms of disemvowel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «disemvowel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISEMVOWEL

Find out the translation of disemvowel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disemvowel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disemvowel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

disemvowel
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disemvowel
570 millions of speakers

English

disemvowel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

disemvowel
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

disemvowel
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

disemvowel
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disemvowel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

disemvowel
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

disemvowel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Disemvowel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

disemvowel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

disemvowel
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

disemvowel
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disemvowel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

disemvowel
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

disemvowel
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंडाधिकारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

disemvowel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disemvowel
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

disemvowel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

disemvowel
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

disemvowel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

disemvowel
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

disemvowel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

disemvowel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

disemvowel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disemvowel

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISEMVOWEL»

The term «disemvowel» is used very little and occupies the 188.629 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disemvowel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISEMVOWEL»

Discover the use of disemvowel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disemvowel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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JavaScript Testing with Jasmine: JavaScript Behavior-Driven ...
Finished in 0.0295 X X X X Failing 4 specs 4 specs | 4 failing Disemvoweler should remove all lowercase vowels. ReferenceError: Can't find variable: disemvowel in file:f/fUsers/Evan/DeskEop/josmine-stondalone1 2 filspec/ DisemvowelSpec ...
Evan Hahn, 2013
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Introduction to Tornado
from tornado.template import Template >>> def disemvowel(s): ... return ''.join([x for x in s if x not in 'aeiou']) ... >>> disemvowel("george") 'grg' >>> print Template(" my name is {{d('mortimer')}}").generate(d=disemvowel) my name is mrtmr ...
Michael Dory, Adam Parrish, Brendan Berg, 2012
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Church Music Review
They completely disemvowel the English language; that is they omit the formative consonants and sing nothing but vowels. A little thing like a "t" or a "p" is never allowed to interfere with tone and tonal gradations. There are a few splenetic folk  ...
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Puck
... and remain abroad until the summer of 1908. Age cannot wither Mr. Bryan's infinite variety, but two years of limelight may. By the way, what has become of the conspiracy of Brainier Matthews et ah to disemvowel the English language?
5
Novel and Romance 1700-1800 (Routledge Revivals): A ...
'————–—entitled to disemvowel, or rather, as Tom Brown expresses it,to disembowel any word or words, inthe English or any other language.4 '————– —always permitted tothrow the one halfof their faults on the unfortunate press, and ...
Ioan Williams, 2010
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The Wonder of Whiffling: (and other extraordinary words in ...
... begin swamping you with multiple messages of little or no interest digerati those who have, or claim to have, expertise in computers or the Internet disemvowel to remove the vowels from a word in an email, text message, etc, to abbreviate it ...
Adam Jacot de Boinod, 2009
7
Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and ...
powerful. A blog lets you define yourself, whereas on a social network you are more likely to be defined by others. Sure, blog readers can write comments—but the blogger can delete the comments, or disemvowel them, or turn them off entirely ...
Scott Rosenberg, 2010
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Ringmaster
I was one of those strange creaturesthat couldn't bearto disemvowel wordsintext messages. Itwas full spelling, grammar and punctuation forme. Maggie's reaction to my long-winded missives involvedthe words “anal” and “retentive”. Shehad ...
Vanda Symon, 2008
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Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence-Based ...
For example, when moderators flag or disemvowel a message, or respond to it with a suggestion that the conversations move elsewhere, there is still a visible trace that nonnormative behavior occurred. When a message is moved or removed ...
Robert E. Kraut, Paul Resnick, Sara Kiesler, 2012
10
The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic ...
1 at full liberty 10 seize on all French prizes, provided they understand a few words of the language. ' entitled to disemvowel, or rather, as Tom Brtnum expresses it, to disembowel any word or words, in the English or any ether language.
Thomas Christie, 1793

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISEMVOWEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disemvowel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Leftwing Website Commits Crimethink, Begs Leftwing Mob for Mercy
She would routinely "disemvowel" any comments that deviated from the received Progressive wisdom. And would forcefully deny that she was ... «PJ Media, Apr 15»
2
All I want for Christmas is quotation marks
That's why the moderators of Internet discussions will sometimes “disemvowel” objectionable posts, removing all the vowels from the words ... «Salon, Dec 09»
3
DIY Ferrofluid Is the Prettiest Mess You Could Make Today
So, can we make a deal where you won't post 'em and I won't disemvowel you again? Reply. Flagged. Show more repliesShow more replies in ... «Gizmodo.com, Sep 09»
4
Hearst Drops Banhammer On Disemvoweling
We disemvowel comments that don't follow our comments code; it seems like Matt, the blogger in question, disemvoweled any negative ... «The Consumerist, Sep 09»
5
Was Blogging Just a Fad?
Sure, blog readers can write comments — but the blogger can delete the comments, or disemvowel them, or turn them off entirely. Sure, a blog is dependent on ... «Gawker, Jul 09»
6
How To Buy A PC Graphics Card
Actually that whole post could be rewritten...need...more...coffee...should I just disemvowel that whole thing and be done with it? Reply. Flagged. «Kotaku.com, Jul 09»
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Ad agency's collection of hip new terms, aimed at consumer …
Disemvowel (v) To remove the vowels from a piece of text as a form of censure in order to render the piece more difficult to read; generally done ... «The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, Jun 09»
8
Exquisite Mother 3 Statues
And this is completely not defending Luke, because I've disagreed with him in the past, but moreso the decision of disemvowel. Its not what he ... «Kotaku.com, Apr 09»
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Learn, Or Re-Learn, How To Comment On Kotaku
We disemvowel, too. (Bcs n vwls s fnny!) We also reward stellar commenters with stars, and commenters can reward each other with Hyper ... «Kotaku.com, Jan 09»
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Street Fighter IV Box Art: Which Is Worse?
Come on guys , you disemvowel guys here for chan comments all the time and use a widely used meme from the chans? I'm sure it's spread ... «Kotaku.com, Sep 08»

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