Akademik

1. adjective

a) Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant

b) Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers)

Syn: expletory

2. noun

a) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position. <!:Example: - It in It is snowing

b) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning. <!:Example: - bloody in Ill give you a bloody good hiding.