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expletive

an obscene, vulgar word

TRANSLATION

Schimpfwort, Kraftausdruck, der Fluch

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"Bush uses EXPLETIVE to describe Times reporter.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (CNN) -- During what his campaign called a "whispered aside," Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush used an EXPLETIVE to describe a New York Times reporter, the author of several articles Bush has felt were unfair. Standing on a stage here just prior to making an address, Bush told his vice presidential running mate, Dick Cheney, "There's Adam Clymer, major league a------ from The New York Times."


(CNN NEWS - September 4, 2000)

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expletive:

An exclamation or oath, especially one that is profane, vulgar, or obscene.

From Late Latin expletvus, serving to fill out, from Latin expletus, past participle of explere, to fill out : ex-, ex- + plere, to fill


Synonyms:

curse, curse word, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss


Note:

expletive deleted = Kraftausdruck zensiert

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