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Word: expletive
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers)
- Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant
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Noun:
- A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
- linguistics A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.
- linguistics A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
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