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   Blank·e·ty-blank

   /ˈblaNGkədēˌblaNGk/

   

   adjective

   • 1. used euphemistically to replace an adjective considered obscene or vulgar: "not one single blankety-blank piece of evidence after all of this effort"

   noun

   • 1. used alone or in various phrases to replace a term considered obscene or vulgar: "what the blankety-blank happened?"

   Word Origin from blank, in the sense ‘dash written instead of an obscene or vulgar word’.

   Scrabble Points: 28

   • B

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   • L

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   • A

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   • N

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   • K

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   • E

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   • T

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   • Y

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   • -

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • A

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   • N

     1

   • K

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