1. To speak in the upbeat, euphemistically nonsensical style of the character "Ned Flanders" on the TV show "The Simpsons"
2. To censor, recreate, or rearrange one's living space, language, or appearance as to not offend those with very conservative religious or moral standards.
1. He flanderized when he said that the party was a howdly-doodly-humdingeroo.
2. My boyfriend's mother is a priest, so we have to flanderize our house when we know she is coming over to visit.
The act of proselytizing or evangelizing, usually with an annoyingly humble and self-deprecating demeanor. Derived from the name of popular cartoon character Ned Flanders.
They are a sport-shirted, discomforted lot, pacing, puffing feverishly on cigarettes, perspiring freely and flandering furiously. —Misquote of Nicholas Dawidoff, Sports Illustrated, 19 Aug. 1991