crutch word

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A word that becomes a filler in conversation, or is used for verbal emphasis, without adding any meaning to an utterance.
    — 2012 Jen Doll, ""A Literal Epidemic of Crutch Words," The Atlantic, 13 September 2012. Of course, we didn't list all the crutch words, because it appears we're living in a crutch word epidemic.

词形变化

crutch words plural crutch-word alternative crutchword alternative

词源

From crutch + word.
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