"blankety-blank" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blankety-blank.wav Forms: blankety-blanks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blankety-blank (plural blankety-blanks)
  1. (informal, euphemistic) A substitute for a name the speaker does not know, cannot recall, or does not wish to mention. Tags: euphemistic, informal
    Sense id: en-blankety-blank-en-noun-~ydyfNue Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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