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It is used informally as an advb./an adj. /a noun( vid. inf.) to mean 'damned' and is used to imply an omission of an unprintable or unspeakable word, i.e. as a generalised expression of disapproval:-
--The interruptions for those blankety-blank … commercials.
--Jack Gould can do what he blankety-blank well pleases — Gerard Smith.
--The blankety-blank motor stalled again.
Origin: 1885–90; after the practice of leaving blank spaces to represent profanity, as G-- d—- for God damn.;)
--The interruptions for those blankety-blank … commercials.
--Jack Gould can do what he blankety-blank well pleases — Gerard Smith.
--The blankety-blank motor stalled again.
Origin: 1885–90; after the practice of leaving blank spaces to represent profanity, as G-- d—- for God damn.;)