damned; darned (used to imply an omission of an unprintable or unspeakable word)
The blankety-blank motor stalled again
Word origin
[1885–90; after the practice of leaving blank spaces to represent profanity, as G-- d--- for God damn]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: retread, scrum, seminar, upsweep, zoom