blankety-blank

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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.
    • 2005, Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle:
      Since she never used curse words, she was calling Dad names like 'blankety-blank' and 'worthless drunk so-and-so'.