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expletive
battology, dirty word, epithet, filling, iterative, oath, pleonasm, reiterative, superfluousness, to spare, wordy
Definition
n.
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
Last update: July 30, 2015
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'I swear'is an
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Then, suddenly, a gesture, an
expletive
, would betray the Frenchman.
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"You are not," replied the captain, with an echoing
expletive
.
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Better split with him at once," said the guest who had used the
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The final
expletive
was totally unnecessary, but it meant a thing he did not say.
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"The lever," he added with a patient
expletive
, "broke."
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_" not knowing as yet any worse
expletive
, and burst into a roar of laughter."
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The little man burst out in a forceful
expletive
.
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When Italian meets Italian, then comes the tug of
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He even allowed an
expletive
to escape from his lips.
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That bitter dry
expletive
, coughed out between set teeth, could not be named a laugh.
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