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The phrase expletive deleted indicates that profanity has been censored from a text by the author or by a subsequent censor, usually appearing in place of the profanity.[1]

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  1. 25 relations: Adjective, Adverb, Censorship, Dummy pronoun, Expletive (linguistics), Expletive attributive, Fig leaf, Hell, Interjection, Irony, Jesus, Jonathan Aitken, Linguistics, Manhattan, Kansas, Minced oath, Natural language, Noun, Profanity, Regnery Publishing, Richard Nixon, Semantics, The New York Times, Verb, Washington, D.C., Watergate scandal.

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Adjective

An adjective (abbreviated adj.) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase.

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Adverb

An adverb is a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, determiner, clause, preposition, or sentence.

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Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information.

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Dummy pronoun

A dummy pronoun, also known as an expletive pronoun, is a deictic pronoun that fulfills a syntactical requirement without providing a contextually explicit meaning of its referent.

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Expletive (linguistics)

An expletive is a word or phrase inserted into a sentence that is not needed to express the basic meaning of the sentence.

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Expletive attributive

An expletive attributive is an adjective or adverb (or adjectival or adverbial phrase) that does not contribute to the meaning of a sentence, but is used to intensify its emotional force. Expletive deleted and expletive attributive are Profanity.

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Fig leaf

In culture, a "fig leaf" or "fig-leaf" is a literal or figurative method of obscuring an act or object considered embarrassing or distasteful with something of innocuous appearance.

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Hell

In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.

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Interjection

An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction.

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Irony

Irony, in its broadest sense, is the juxtaposition of what on the surface appears to be the case and what is actually the case or to be expected.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Jonathan Aitken

Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (born 30 August 1942) is a British author, Church of England priest and former Conservative Party politician.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language.

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Manhattan, Kansas

Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, U.S., although the city extends into Pottawatomie County.

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Minced oath

A minced oath is a euphemistic expression formed by deliberately misspelling, mispronouncing, or replacing a part of a profane, blasphemous, or taboo word or phrase to reduce the original term's objectionable characteristics. Expletive deleted and minced oath are Euphemisms and Profanity.

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Natural language

In neuropsychology, linguistics, and philosophy of language, a natural language or ordinary language is any language that occurs naturally in a human community by a process of use, repetition, and change without conscious planning or premeditation.

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Noun

In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas.

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Profanity

Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or conversational intimacy.

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Regnery Publishing

Regnery Publishing is a politically conservative book publisher based in Washington, D.C. The company was founded by Henry Regnery in 1947.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Semantics

Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Verb

A verb is a word (part of speech) that in syntax generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Watergate scandal

The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation. Expletive deleted and Watergate scandal are Richard Nixon.

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See also

Profanity

Watergate scandal

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expletive_deleted

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