blue-pencil
Strike from copy
Blue-pencil means to edit or censor, especially by deleting material.
The term comes from editors' traditional use of blue pencils to mark cuts and corrections on manuscripts.
The studio blue-penciled several scenes before release.
Her memoir was heavily blue-penciled by the publisher's lawyers.
The verb implies authoritative deletion rather than mere revision.
One who suppresses content
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- expurgateRemove offensive material
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
- sanitizeCleanse of pathogens
suppress · delete · excise · cut · remove · blackout · strike · omit
Modify written material
- reviseAlter to improve
- amendModify or correct
- proofreadCheck writing for mistakes
- copyeditRefine text professionally
markup · redraft · annotate · manuscript · draft · rewrite · rework · polish
Publication's official viewpoint article
- copyeditingCorrecting written material
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- typesettingArranging text for print
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
manuscript · author · publication · print · imprint · submission · revision · approval
Showing extreme attention to detail
- detail-orientedFocused on small elements
- scrupulousThorough and principled
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- carefulExercising caution and attention
exacting · methodical · rigorous · finesse · punctilious · painstaking · attentive · fastidious
censor
One who suppresses content
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- expurgateRemove offensive material
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
sanitize · suppress · delete · excise · cut · remove · blackout · strike · omit · purge
edit
Modify written material
copyedit · markup · redraft · annotate · manuscript · draft · rewrite · rework · polish · refine
editorial
Publication's official viewpoint article
- copyeditingCorrecting written material
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- typesettingArranging text for print
galley · manuscript · author · publication · print · imprint · submission · revision · approval · deadline
meticulous
Showing extreme attention to detail
- detail-orientedFocused on small elements
- scrupulousThorough and principled
- thoroughComplete in every detail
careful · exacting · methodical · rigorous · finesse · punctilious · painstaking · attentive · fastidious · discriminating
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, cross out, strike out
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- Bowdlerizedcensored, redacted, sanitized, expurgated, cleaned