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An expletive attributive is an adjective or adverb (or adjectival or adverbial phrase) that does not contribute to the propositional meaning of a sentence, but is used to intensify its emotional force. Often such words or phrases are regarded as profanity or "bad language", though there are also inoffensive expletive attributives. ==Usage== There are a large number of attributive adjectives and adverbs in English that function as expletives, indicating a speaker's anger, irritation, or in some cases strong approval or other emotion, without otherwise modifying the meaning of the phrase in which they occur. An example of an expletive attributive is the word ''bloody'' as used in the following sentences. :"You'd better pray for a ''bloody'' miracle if you want to avoid bankruptcy." :"That was a ''bloody'' good meal." :"You'd better ''bloody well'' make it happen!" An expletive attributive is an intensifier. Unlike other adjective or adverb usage, ''bloody'' or ''bloody well'' in these sentences do not modify the meaning of ''miracle'', ''good meal'', or ''make it happen''. The expletive attributives here suggest that the speaker feels strongly about the proposition being expressed. Other vulgar words may also be used in this way. :"The ''goddamn'' policeman tailed me all the ''goddamn'' way home." :"I ''fucking'' hope he ''fucking'' chokes on his ''motherfucking'' peanuts." ''Bloody'', ''bloody well'', ''goddamn'' and ''fucking'' do not contribute anything to the meaning. Rather, they suggest the strength of feeling of the speaker. Other words that are never thought of as offensive can be used in similar ways. For example: :"I forgot to pay the phone bill twice running, so the ''wretched'' line was cut off." The phone line discussed may (before it was cut off) have been just as good as any other, and therefore would not have been ''wretched'' in the literal senses of "extremely shoddy", "devoid of hope" or similar. Rather, ''wretched'' serves here as a politer equivalent of expletive ''bloody'' and the like. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「expletive attributive」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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