Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Used as an intensive.
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- adjective euphemism of
bloody (intensifier). - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
blame .
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- adjective expletives used informally as intensifiers
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Examples
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Her sophomore effort, "Whip-Smart," sold a disappointing 350,000 copies; her label blamed Phair for not touring.
Liz Phair Grows Up 2008
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This just goes to show the lack of respect this professor has for white authority, insulting this mans white mother and once again blamed his problem on race, and we have a lame president, an empty suit who needs a teleprompter, who also has deep down hatred of white people
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Twain blamed himself for that too, though I forget the details.
Growth in Flour, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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One of the few elements of the Obama record not blamed is also, paradoxically, one of those areas that need to change on 3 November.
Credit to Obama for sticking with the Middle East. But it's gone very wrong Jonathan Freedland in Washington 2010
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Mr. Stein blamed a scathing review by Frank Rich, who wrote in the New York Times that the characters were hollow symbols of the American immigrant experience.
Joseph Stein, writer of Broadway's "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Zorba," dies at 98 Emma Brown 2010
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As the allegations have suddenly consumed the gubernatorial race, Ms. Whitman again blamed her Democratic opponent, California Attorney General Jerry Brown, for the revelations about Ms. Diaz Santillan.
Whitman Accuser Stokes Dispute Tamara Audi 2010
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The reflexive blame of the people least able to sort through the bullshit that caused this meltdown, presumably by people much like those being blamed, is the height of arrogant, heartless hypocrisy.
Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers 2009
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During a television exchange with Buckley, James Baldwin blamed the white owners of the black slums for their condition.
r_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism" r_urell 2010
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In a masterful bit of understatement, Feinstein blamed [millions of dollars in losses] on “noticeably subpar” food and service.
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(Earlier this month, McCain blamed the high prices on Washington politicians.)
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