A plugin for replacing jQuery's current jQuery.fn.removeClass with one which takes multiple arguments including regular expressions
$(element).removeClass('className className2 className3');
$(element).removeClass('className', 'className2', 'className3');
$(element).removeClass(/className(|[0-9]+)/g);
$(element).removeClass(/className(|[0-9]+)/g, 'anotherClass anotherClass', 'yetAnother');