| 单词 | expletive deleted |
| 释义 | > as lemmasexpletive deleted c. expletive deleted: used parenthetically to indicate the omission in print of a profanity or an obscene word.The expression gained popular currency after the publication of transcripts relating to the Watergate scandal (see Watergate n.3 1) in which all of the profanities had been replaced by the phrase expletive deleted, at the behest of President Nixon (cf. quot. 1974). ΚΠ 1938 Logansport (Indiana) Press 13 July 3/4 He seemed to fancy himself to be in the operating room, for he cried out angrily ‘Don't you know, you (expletive deleted) that dropping an instrument might be equivalent to murder?’ 1974 Science 23 Aug. 678/2 To Haldeman's remark that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur F. Burns is worried about speculation in the Italian lira, Nixon is shown replying, ‘Well I don't give a (expletive deleted) about the lira.’ 1987 Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 Aug. (Mag.) 2 ‘Clean up that (expletive deleted) mess,’ she ordered one day, with uncharacteristic force. 2014 H. Becker Dirk Daring, Secret Agent ii. 35 Fine. You tell the moms of those [expletive deleted] grade 8s that they won't be going to the [expletive deleted] annual end-of-year Major League Baseball game because there's no [expletive deleted] money for the [expletive deleted] buses. < as lemmas |
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