I love this word. Seeing a record "cleared" cannot possibly be as viscerally satisfying as seeing it expunged. It's a word that sounds like it means business.
In play: I have no photos of exes. Each is, when replaced, expunged from the album.
-gailr
I think you struck out there with strikethrough; it's not quite the same. Expunge is something that can happen to court records.The third definition is the one that seems most often used. The scond is an easy leap of faith from the third. I had never known about expunge as a synonym for strikethrough.
I was noting this:I think you struck out there with strikethrough; it's not quite the same. Expunge is something that can happen to court records.The third definition is the one that seems most often used. The scond is an easy leap of faith from the third. I had never known about expunge as a synonym for strikethrough.
1 : to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
Wielding a red pen while wearing a fetching "editor" cap is always great fun.How one marks for deletion can vary, I suppose, both as to style and definition.
In re-reading this post I was reminded of the scissors scene from Amélie as the ultimate use of this tool in editing....
Scissors work very nicely, too.
And they are faster than piercing a bunch of small dots.
Although, perhaps, not as satisfying...
-gailr
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