#expletive

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From AHistory, 3rd edition:

2010 The word, “cruk” was introduced in the anime series, "Bones and Kay" and quickly caught on as a mild expletive.

2025 The word, “cruk” was very rude by 2025, (.V.N.A. 7 Love and War, .V.N.A. 50 Happy Ending). 26th century A means of expressing their displeasure, (.B.F. Death an the Daleks). Other One of two Arviem 2 robots said, "cruk it" after Bernice Summerfield tricked them and blew off their arms, (.B.F. The Revolution). Chris Cwej. (Cwej: A Bright White Crack, Ring Theory, .e.t.c.).

And that’s one, right up there. So’s the one preceding this. Not all passive sentences use passive voice. However, the common thread is reversal of the expected grammatical order, placing the object of the verb as the subject of the sentence. It’s less visible—and somewhat inside out—with the expletive construction, also called agentless construction, but it’s still there. I’ve written about…