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	expletive@Everything2.com
		An expletive is a short phrase (often as short as a single word) that is placed neatly inside an otherwise normal sentence to give the words around it extra emphasis (or sometimes clarity).
		Expletives can be used to emphasise all sorts of things, from short phrases to particular clauses in a verbose sentence.
		The most common and useful expletives are: in fact, of course, indeed, I think, without doubt, to be sure, naturally, it seems, after all, for all that, in brief, on the whole, in short, to tell the truth, in any event, clearly, I suppose, I hope, at least, assuredly, certainly, remarkably, importantly and definitely.
	everything2.com /index.pl?node=expletive (524 words)

	Expletive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Expletive subjects are part of the grammar of many non-pro-drop languages such as English, whose clauses normally require overt provision of subject even when the subject can be pragmatically inferred.
		The term expletive is commonly used outside linguistics to refer to any "bad language" (or "profanity"), used with or without meaning.
		Expletives in this wide sense may be adjectives, adverbs, nouns or, most commonly, interjections, or (rarely) verbs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Expletive (740 words)

	Expletive - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Rather, expletive is a term in linguistics for a meaningless word filling a syntactic vacancy, while the word is more generally used to refer to "bad language" -- although a distinction is sometimes drawn by linguists between truly meaningless use of "bad language" on the one hand and meaningful use on the other.
		Expletive subjects are part of the grammar of languages such as English (languages that are not "pro-drop") whose clauses normally require overt provision of subject even when the subject can be pragmatically inferred.
		Expletives in this sense are adjectives, adverbs, nouns or, most commonly, interjections, or (rarely) verbs.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /expletive.htm (817 words)

	Expletive infixation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Expletive infixation is a process by which an expletive or profanity is inserted into a word, usually for intensification.
		Strictly speaking, it is an example of tmesis rather than infixation, since true infixes are bound morphemes.
		The most commonly inserted expletives are adjectival: either participles (fucking, mother-fucking, blooming, bleeding, damned) or adjectives (bloody).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Expletive_infixation (177 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Elia's tirade becomes part of Cubs' lore
		Elia, who was in his second season as the manager, was set off by the negativity that surrounds the Cubs, who have gone longer without winning the World Series than any franchise in history.
		But you're stuck in a (expletive) stigma of the (expletive) Dodgers and the Phillies and the Cardinals and all that cheap (expletive).
		It really is. It's a disheartening (expletive) situation that we're in right now.
	espn.go.com /mlb/columns/rogers_phil/1546310.html (1604 words)

	Expletive elements in English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As a result, it can be replaced by a more complex description of that referent, and it can function (though marginally) as a sentence fragment answer to a question.
		Expletive it doesn't refer, so it can't be replaced, as shown in (3), and even the question (4a) that the sentence fragment (4b) attempts to answer is ungrammatical.
		Expletive there, on the other hand, has no such locative meaning, and so both sentences in (6) are completely acceptable.
	www.ling.upenn.edu /courses/Spring_2004/ling150/box-expletives.html (148 words)

	George W. Bush - Cussin', Sputterin' Fool for President
		When that [expletive deleted] wrote about me making fun of that goofy-[expletive deleted] [expletive deleted] beggin' for her pathetic [expletive deleted] life, he made me look like a pile of horse [expletive deleted]!
		We'll nail his [expletive deleted] hide to the [expletive deleted]-house door of that [expletive deleted] Buddhist temple, and we'll take this 'no [expletive deleted] controllin' legal authority' and his [expletive deleted] support of that [expletive deleted] son of a [expletive deleted] Clinton, and we'll shove it down his [expletive deleted] throat.
		After four years of that [expletive deleted] Clinton, I want the [expletive deleted] children of this country to have someone they can be [expletive deleted] proud of as President, and someone who won't embarrass their [expletive deleted] parents!
	www.negativespin.com /openmike.htm (891 words)

	expletive U - index page - Free MP3 downloads, CDs, Bio Info, Tour Dates, Lyrics and More!" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tired of flaky musicians, we formed [expletive] U, a two-man band in 1992, hoping [expletive] U would attract a decent bass player and drummer along the way (we haven't yet).
		In March, 1994, [expletive] U released a 14-song cassette collection called "Too Corporate To Care," which was reviewed in the 6 May, 1994 issue of BAM Magazine (a local major circulation music magazine).
		CONTACT INFO: [expletive] U can be reached at 1461 N. Placentia Ave., #25, Fullerton, CA 92631.
	www.iuma.com /IUMA/Bands/expletive_U (226 words)

	A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
		Expletive is a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal syntax, used to lend emphasis to the words immediately proximate to the expletive.
		A common practice is setting off the expletive by commas, which increases the emphasis on the surrounding words, though in many cases the commas are necessary for clarity as well and cannot be omitted.
		Some useful expletives include the following: in fact, of course, indeed, I think, without doubt, to be sure, naturally, it seems, after all, for all that, in brief, on the whole, in short, to tell the truth, in any event, clearly, I suppose, I hope, at least, assuredly, certainly, remarkably, importantly, definitely.
	www.virtualsalt.com /rhetoric.htm (18053 words)

	Shaking Tree
		I guess I should just (expletive deleted) myself and (expletive deleted) my (expletive deleted) get smaller while I wait for your (expletive deleted) (expletive deleted) to figure out where we are going to (expletive deleted) eat!” (extend middle finger)
		Mother nature should be renamed Mother (expletive deleted).
		As for me, I have been attending basket-weaving classes and have spent the past few months perfecting a pattern that I like to call “Country Cutie.” It is a minor variation on the more popular “Valentine Candle Caddy” pattern and I am sure you will see some similarities.
	www.shakingtree.com /journal.php (1550 words)

	Saber Marionette Sisters Speak Out Against Famous Siblings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Those (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) sorry ass excuse of a (expletive) (expletive) production crew kept giving us (expletive) about how Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry had star appeal and (expletive) and how we just didn’t fit their (expletive) notion of what the (expletive) marionettes in the (expletive) series had to be like.
		That ho’s got more (expletive) in her system than some (expletive) (expletive) dump truck riding through a (expletive) (expletive) cholera-ridden (expletive) filled (expletive) secreted from a rat’s (expletive) (expletive).
		That (expletive) would be doing time right now if it weren’t for her big-shot (expletive) lawyers.
	www.tragicalmirth.com /senseless/newsnewsisters.htm (1568 words)

	Language Log: [expletive discussed]
		I can't think of any expletive that would result in a grammatical sentence if inserted in the gap in the phrase "the new Iranian president was one of __ who was behind the takeover of the embassy".
		I don't give a [expletive] what comes out on you or John or even on poor, damn, dumb John Mitchell.
		You could substitute "damn" for that deleted expletive, but would make no sense given that "damn" is left in the clear, a mere dozen words later.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/002277.html (700 words)

	FundeMental Disaster > Bitchin > Commentaries > (Expletive Deleted) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The most commonly used words are (expletive deleted), (expletive deleted), (expletive deleted), and son-of-a-(expletive deleted).
		That's so (expletive deleted) stupid, it's a (expletive deleted) word used in religion.
		The actual subject of the study has nothing to do with "dirty" language, however, it was none-the-less entertaining to read on account of the wide- spread use of the f-word.
	members.tm.net /gburghardt/bitchin/comment/swearing.html (479 words)

	Expletive Undeleted: Dropping the F-bomb in Church \| Out of Ur \| Following God's Call in a New World \| Conversations ...
		Mary Kate did remove many of the expletives that the young "delinquent" originally used when she quoted him in her poem.
		If she cannot express herself without using expletives, which are the lowest form of communication, then she needs to spend more time refining her style of writing.
		It amazes me whenever people seem to think that using expletives is somehow more "honest" and "more real", and that God is mysteriously distant from Christmas Eve services that would be permissable to be shown on broadcast TV, or that would not offend mothers with young children.
	blog.christianitytoday.com /outofur/archives/2005/11/expletive_undel_1.html (14917 words)

	Enron Loves Bush
		Kevin: Yeah, now she wants her [expletive] money back for all the power you've charged for [expletive] $250 a megawatt hour.
		In an earlier conversation, from Aug. 5, 2000, two traders, identified as Person 1 and Person 2, gleefully discuss how a wildfire in California has reduced the ability of a transmission line to carry electricity, boosting the value of power in parts of the state and the profits on electricity trades they have made.
		The [expletive], ah, Clinton, he's [expletive] all these [expletive] ah, socialists are gone.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~hoyj/millie.html (1071 words)

	Team Radicus - What's New? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		We had a very instructive build session tonight, and accomplished some good work, although there were a couple of minor hiccups...
		This is our last trip to Alabama for the foreseeable future, so we decide to make the most of it and get some build time in on our middleweight Epitomic Expletive 0.9 before crating it up and shipping it back to Maryland.
		We've put in a good chunk of time working on the Epitomic Expletive 0.9 tonight to see if it was still feasible to think that this 'bot would compete at Rocket City Robot Assault.
	www.teamradicus.com (2782 words)

	Hernandez: Expletive issue overblown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		City Councilman Victor Hernandez is accusing supporters of a city sales tax increase of blowing out of proportion his use of an expletive during Thursday's City Council meeting.
		Proceeds from the tax, which would raise an estimated $7.8 million per year, could be used as incentives to attract businesses that may relocate or expand into the Lubbock area.
		Cooke said that although the expletive incident may strain some personal relationships, it should have no effect on the professional working relationship of the council members.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/102597/044-6651.htm (633 words)

	Expletive costs New York reporter his job - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		New York, NY, May. 20 (UPI) -- WCBS-TV reporter Arthur Chi'en was jobless Friday for shouting an expletive at two hecklers who horned in on his live New York broadcast.
		Chi'en at first ignored the hecklers who carried a sign for two radio shock jocks and gestured repeatedly with their fingers, the New York Daily News reported Friday.
		But apparently thinking he was off the air, Chi'en swung around and said, "What the (expletive) is your problem, man?" The comment went over the air.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050520-020104-8917r.htm (168 words)

	CNN.com - FCC Chairman wants to overturn decision on Bono's expletive - Jan. 14, 2004
		Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has asked his fellow commissioners to overturn a much-criticized decision that an expletive uttered by the musician Bono on a network program was not obscene.
		The FCC's enforcement bureau ruled in October that the comment was not indecent or obscene because Bono used the word as an adjective, not to describe a sexual act.
		as an adjective or expletive to emphasize an exclamation," the bureau said.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/LAW/01/14/fcc.obscenity.ap (432 words)

	USATODAY.com - Expletive not deleted by all media outlets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		USATODAY.com - Expletive not deleted by all media outlets
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		News outlets were divided Monday over whether to air or post an expletive used by President Bush during an unguarded moment at the G8 summit in Russia.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2006-07-17-bush-expletive_x.htm (321 words)

	LINGUIST List 6.419: Expletive negation in modern Hebrew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bob Fradkin mentionned that expletive negation in MH seemed less frequent than in French.
		While it seems that expletive negation in MH has a narrower domain of use than in French, there might also be a question of style involved here; while expletive negation is an aknowledged grammatical feature of formal style in French, it might be a non-standard feature of MH.
		For a typological overview of expletive negation, one can consult Horn 1978, which shows the typological extension of the phenomenon.
	www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de /linguist/issues/6/6-419.html (359 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Expletive deleted
		A pseudo-anarchic gesture that would once have been the subject of anger and sensation, today this is not even noteworthy enough to be a bore.
		Crap, bastard, bugger, sod, shit, bullshit and tosser (although strangely not wanker) are used on daytime television and radio.
		Religious expletives, such as damn, hell and blimey, once as powerful as fuck, are not even thought of as vaguely impolite.
	www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,844116,00.html (1772 words)

	Expletive Reported - Public Eye
		As Bush’s utterance of an expletive during the conversation became the general headline to the story, it inevitably gave rise to discussion about how news networks, newspapers and Web sites would handle usage of the word of the day: sh*t.
		CBSNews.com’s story on the Bush/Blair conversation did not print the expletive in its entirety, instead using “sh*t.”
		Of course, if you’re still aching for some thoughts the debate among news outlets in handling yesterday’s expletive, Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune has got it covered.
	www.cbsnews.com /blogs/2006/07/18/publiceye/entry1813412.shtml (872 words)

	Iraq Backgrounder
		More disturbingly, U.S. officials acknowledge that some terror suspects have been turned over to countries such as Pakistan and Jordan, which Washington's own annual human-rights reports accuse of practising torture.
		"We send them to other countries so they can kick the [expletive] out of them." This despite the fact that the U.S. is a party, along with 131 other countries, to the 1987 convention against torture.
		Bush insists on calling his counterterrorism campaign a war -- yet the hundreds of prisoners rounded up since September of 2001 are not accorded the status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.
	www.globeandmail.com /backgrounder/iraqcrisis/pages/c_geneva.html (858 words)

	expletive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Expletive *\Ex"pletive\**, a.
		[1913 Webster] Expletive phrases to plump his speech.
		A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
	expletive.lomus.net /expletive.php?ref=expletive (112 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Expletive leaves Earnhardt in the s***
		Wayne Rooney is one of four Manchester United players nominated for FIFA’s World Player of the Year award in a list which is heavily influenced by the Premiership.
		An US race car ace was disqualified and fined today after using a mild expletive to describe his victory to a TV interviewer.
		NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt was asked about the significance of his fifth victory at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.
	www.breakingnews.ie /2004/10/05/story169645.html (212 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Kerry uses crude word in interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Did I expect Howard Dean to go off to the left and say, 'I'm against everything?' Sure.
		Did I expect George Bush to (expletive) it up as badly as he did?
		The expletive drew a rebuke from the White House.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001810159_watch08.html (455 words)

	CANOE -- CNEWS - Media News: New Canadian Press spelling manual includes familiar expletive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		TORONTO (CP) - Not too long ago, it was the word that provoked horrified parents to wash their children's mouths out with soap.
		Now the word has earned its way into the newest edition of Canada's venerable editors' handbook, The Canadian Press Caps and Spelling, which is being released Monday.
		Editors pondering how - or whether - to include the expletive can find it right between FTP and Fudgsicle in the guide that lists hundreds of words liable to trip up editors and writers due to their difficult or offbeat spellings or odd capitalizations.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/MediaNews/2005/08/14/1173068-cp.html (946 words)

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