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maledicta balloons

maledicta balloons is the plural of maledicta balloon.

Meaning of maledicta balloon

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

Questions about maledicta balloons

What is maledicta balloons the plural of?
Maledicta balloons is the plural of maledicta balloon.

Words near maledicta balloons in the dictionary

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

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