expletives
Words requiring bleeping
Expletives are words or phrases used to express strong emotion, especially anger or frustration.
The term most often refers to profanity or swear words: The coach let loose a string of expletives after the bad call.
In grammar, expletive has a technical meaning: a word that fills a syntactic slot without adding meaning, such as "it" in it is raining or "there" in there are problems.
These grammatical expletives are sometimes called dummy subjects or placeholder words.
Invoked harm through words
- cussSpeak profanely
- swearVow or use profanity
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
oath · invective · vulgarism · foulmouth · malediction · imprecation · anathema · epithet
Offensive remark or action
- slurInsulting group label
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
sexist · homophobic · bigoted · hateful · disparaging · denigrating · abusive · vitriolic
Grossly offensive to decency
bawdy · ribald · smutty · raunchy · scatological · indecent · blue · off-color
Intense, violent anger
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- painBodily or emotional distress
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
shock · outburst · exclamation · venting · release · catharsis · temper · fury
Not allowed
- censoredSuppressed from publication
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- bleepedObscured by tone
- redactedOfficially removed from view
asterisked · bowdlerized · expurgated · sanitized · family-friendly · FCC · inappropriate · prohibited
curse
Invoked harm through words
blasphemy · oath · invective · vulgarism · foulmouth · malediction · imprecation · anathema · epithet · swearing
insult
Offensive remark or action
- slurInsulting group label
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
racist · sexist · homophobic · bigoted · hateful · disparaging · denigrating · abusive · vitriolic · venomous
obscene
Grossly offensive to decency
lewd · bawdy · ribald · smutty · raunchy · scatological · indecent · blue · off-color · four-letter
rage
Intense, violent anger
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- painBodily or emotional distress
surprise · shock · outburst · exclamation · venting · release · catharsis · temper · fury · exasperation
forbidden
Not allowed
redacted · asterisked · bowdlerized · expurgated · sanitized · family-friendly · FCC · inappropriate · prohibited · restricted
intensifier
Something that strengthens
- punctuateAdd written pause markers
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- dramatizeDepict with heightened emotion
color · spice · strengthen · forceful · emphatic · underscore · heighten · amplify · reinforce
- slangslang, jargon, lingo, argot, cant
- cursescurse, curses, hex, hexes, jinx
- expressionsexpression, I love you, phrase, idioms, thank you
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
expletivespleasantries
Polite conversational formalities
courtesies · niceties · civil discourse · euphemisms · polite expressions
expletivesblessings
Favors from the divine
benedictions · prayers · hymns · invocations · praises
- expletive deletedCensored profanity marker