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splɪnoun
1.
an interjectory word or expression, frequently profane; an exclamatory oath.
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a syllable, word, or phrase serving to fill out.
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Grammar. a word considered as regularly filling the syntactic position of another, as it in It is his duty to go, or there in There is nothing here.
adjective
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Also, ex·ple·to·ry 
[ek-spli-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] . added merely to fill out a sentence or line, give emphasis, etc.: Expletive remarks padded the speech.
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Expletive
is always a great word to know.
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| a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values. |
| a character or symbol (&) for and |
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Example Sentences
- In a final expression of contempt, she ended her speech with an expletive.
- And one really cannot want to beat the expletive out of someone else.
- Dynasty is a political expletive in a country wary of inherited privilege.
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Word Origin & History
expletive
1612, originally "a word or phrase serving to fill out a sentence or metrical line," from L.L. expletivus "serving to fill out," from L. explere "fill out," from ex- "out" + plere "to fill" (see plenary). Sense of "exclamation," often in the form of a cuss word, first recorded
EXPAND1815 in Sir Walter Scott, popularized by edited transcripts of Watergate tapes (mid-1970s), in which expletive deleted replaced Preisdent Nixon's salty expressions.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
expletive [(ek-spluh-tiv)]Any exclamation or oath, especially one that is obscene or profane, as in “Dammit, I forgot to buy the milk.”
Note: The Oval Office tapes of President Richard Nixon, released during the investigation of the Watergate scandal, made famous the phrase “expletive deleted,” which appeared frequently in expurgated transcripts of the tapes.
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