used as expletive
1Expletive infixation — is a process by which an expletive or profanity is inserted into a word, usually for intensification. It is similar to tmesis, but not all instances are covered by the usual definition of tmesis because the words are not necessarily compounds.… …
2expletive — [eks′plətôr΄ēeks′plə tiv] n. [LL expletivus, serving to fill < L expletus, pp. of explere, to fill < ex , out, up + plere, to fill: see FULL1] 1. an oath or exclamation, esp. an obscenity 2. a word, phrase, etc. not needed for the sense but …
3expletive — ► NOUN ▪ an oath or swear word. ORIGIN originally denoting a word used to fill out a sentence: from Latin expletivus, from explere fill out …
4Expletive — The word expletive is currently used in three senses: syntactic expletives, expletive attributives, and bad language .The word expletive comes from the Latin verb explere , meaning to fill , via expletivus , filling out . It was introduced into… …
5expletive — [17] Originally, an expletive word was simply one used to ‘fill up’ a line of verse, to complete its metrical pattern (expletive comes from Latin explētus, the past participle of explēre ‘fill out’, a compound formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and… …
6expletive — [17] Originally, an expletive word was simply one used to ‘fill up’ a line of verse, to complete its metrical pattern (expletive comes from Latin explētus, the past participle of explēre ‘fill out’, a compound formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and… …
7expletive deleted — an obscenity Part of our linguistic debt to Richard Nixon, and perhaps also to Rose Mary Woods, who transcribed the tapes: Suddenly hearing that his words were being overheard by newsmen, Thompson ended with a grin and the words… …
8expletive — n. & adj. n. 1 an oath, swear word, or other expression, used in an exclamation. 2 a word used to fill out a sentence etc., esp. in verse. adj. serving to fill out (esp. a sentence, line of verse, etc.). Etymology: LL expletivus (as EX (1), plere …
9expletive — [ɪk spli:tɪv, ɛk ] noun 1》 an oath or swear word. 2》 Grammar a word or phrase used to fill out a sentence or a line of verse without adding to the sense. adjective Grammar (of a word or phrase) serving to fill out a sentence or line of verse.… …
10List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …
