Added 10 October 2026 blue-pencil verb Categories: ActionsObscure Words verb ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about blue-pencil at Wordnik → Where our words come from → Cut or eliminate. she edited the juiciest scenes Origin From blue + pencil. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: deleteredactself-editcensorizecensorexpurgateuncensorunredact Back to today's word