EXPLETIVE

expletive

Noun

  1. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
  2. A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
  1. A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning; an intensifier.

Adjective

  1. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
  2. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).


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