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• n  profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
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• n  a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

• According to a new study by British researchers, saying the F word or any other commonly used expletive can work to reduce physical pain and it seems that people may use curse .
• Alex takes her hand and gently explains the rules of the game: "If a guy is treating you like he doesn't give a expletive, he genuinely doesn't give a expletive.
• Grundy couldn't hide his contempt, goading the band to increasingly expletive-strewn responses.

• curse
• curse word
• oath
• swearing
• swearword
• cuss

News & Articles

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• Johnny Manziel tweets he ‘can’t wait to leave College Station’
  Here we thought Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was too busy attending the NBA Finals to be harassed in College Station. Apparently something happened in the early morning hours on Sunday to tweet – with an expletive – that he … Continue reading ?
  June 16, 2013 - Dr. Saturday via Yahoo! Sports
• Editorial - Wave Transit's new anti-profanity reminder an outgrowth of cruder society
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  June 15, 2013 - The Wilmington Star-News
• Threats, rage before ex-girlfriend's killing
  The warnings signs were many. There was the time he ransacked her apartment with bleach and detergent and stole her most sentimental possession, a box that contained a birth certificate from a failed pregnancy. There were the threatening, expletive-filled instant messages in which he called her a "slut'' after she broke up with him. There was a court order that ...        
  June 14, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Rod Blagojevich in Imperial Valley News
  He added later that the seat "is a [expletive] valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing."
• Jim Joyce in About - News & Issues (blog)
  It was the biggest call of my career, and I kicked the [expletive] out of it,Joyce said after the game to the Associated Press. "I just cost that kid a perfect game. I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I...
• Ann Coulter in Washington Post
  At the end of her speech Friday, Coulter said: "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word [expletive], so I'm kind of at an...