expletives

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Expletives were not the only thing the Nixon team had deleted.

From Slate

It was rumoured one day last week that a certain officer famous for his picturesque language was about to receive a new appointment as Director-General of Expletives.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

These Equal Syllables alone require, Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire, While Expletives their feeble Aid do join, And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

While Expletives their feeble Aid do join, And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line.

From Letters Concerning Poetical Translations And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by Benson, William

As Pope remarked and humorously illustrated in his Essay on Criticism: "Expletives their feeble aid DO join."

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)