Glorious, Expurgatorious RBG

Yes. Expurgatorious. As in, tending to remove that which is erroneous or offensive. Stay with me here. . . .When she was an undergraduate at Cornell, one of RBG's professors was the writer Vladimir Nabakov. In a biography of her written by Elinor Swiger, RBG recalls that, thanks to Nabokov's writerly influence:

"Even when I write an opinion, I will often read a sentence aloud and [ask], 'Can I say this in fewer words--can I write it so the meaning will come across with greater clarity?'"

See? Expurgatorious, in the writerly sense. Then there's this:

"If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be. So that's number one on my list."- RBG in response to the question "What's the worst ruling the current Court has produced," in Jeffrey Rosen, "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is An American Hero," The New Republic, September 28, 2014

Expurgatorious, here, in the judicial sense. Glorious, Expurgatorious RBG. Not such a stretch.(Photo credit: Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)Next up: So-Curious RBG.