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expletive

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'obscenity' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for expletive that I've seen before include "oath" , "Dirty word" , "I expel vet with obscene exclamation" , "Swear word" , "Four-letter word" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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