- Look up
expletive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Expletive may
refer to:
Expletive (linguistics), a word or
phrase that is not
needed to express...
-
words are not
necessarily compounds. The most
commonly inserted English expletives are adjectival:
either participles (****ing, mother-****ing, freaking...
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expletives have
great significance in the
study of the
history of
languages and cross-cultural comparisons. The term is
distinct from the
expletives of...
- government's
position on
fleeting expletives was unconstitutional," and, "While we will
continue to
strive to
eliminate expletives from live broadcasts, the inherent...
- The term
expletive is
commonly used
outside linguistics to
refer to any bad
language (or profanity), used with or
without meaning.
Expletives in this wide...
- An
expletive attributive is an
adjective or
adverb (or
adjectival or
adverbial phrase) that does not
contribute to the
meaning of a sentence, but is used...
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Expletive Delighted! is a 1986
album by
British folk rock band
Fairport Convention,
their fifteenth studio album since their debut in 1968. It is the...
- ('****'). Similarly,
invented expletives are used
throughout the Star Wars
expanded universe. For example, the
Alderaanian expletive stang was
introduced in...
- stigmatised.
Although the use of
expletives may
offend society at large, in
specific social circles or situations, the use of
expletives is accepted, and expected...
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Jesus H.
Christ is an
expletive[citation needed]
interjection that
refers to the
Christian religious figure of
Jesus Christ. It is
typically uttered in...
