[relictele]

Explicative?

I think Kristin meant to substitute “expletive” but like so many news gerbils in the MSM she works under the “more letters sounds more intelligent” theory even if it’s the wrong word altogether.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

I think Kristin meant to substitute “expletive” but like so many news gerbils in the MSM she works under the “more letters sounds more intelligent” theory even if it’s the wrong word altogether.

Yeah, but they get away with it because it still works on more than half of those who actually still read newspapers and watch the nightly news.

[SmithL]

explicative

adjective

Serving to explain: elucidative, exegetic, explanative, explanatory, expositive, expository, hermeneutic, hermeneutical, illustrative, interpretative, interpretive. See explain