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maledicta balloon

maledicta balloon noun: a comic graphic element used to enclose obscenities, oaths, and curses.

Noun

maledicta balloon (plural maledicta balloons)

  1. A comic graphic element used to enclose obscenities, oaths, and curses.
    • It is this euphemistic use of the asterisk that is doubtless responsible for the sign's regular inclusion in the cartoonists maledicta balloon.1985, Alexander Humez with Nicholas D. Humez, ABC Et Cetera: The Life & Times of the Roman Alphabet, page 9

Forms of maledicta balloon

pluralmaledicta balloons

Questions about maledicta balloon

What does maledicta balloon mean?
Maledicta balloon means a comic graphic element used to enclose obscenities, oaths, and curses.
What part of speech is maledicta balloon?
Maledicta balloon is a noun.
What is the plural of maledicta balloon?
The plural of maledicta balloon is maledicta balloons.

Words near maledicta balloon in the dictionary

  1. malectins
  2. maledicency
  3. maledicent
  4. maledict
  5. maledicta
  6. maledicta balloon
  7. maledicta balloons
  8. maledicted
  9. maledicting
  10. malediction
  11. maledictions

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