expletive
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
- Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
Noun
- A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
- A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
- A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning (such as fuckin in "there's no fuckin way he's gonna get away with it").
- An obscene or otherwise offensive interjection (such as shit, fuck, or damn it).
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