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Filler word 

A word used to make up for gaps in conversation, when the speaker is not certain what they want to say next. Can be very annoying if used excessively.

Prime examples include: er, um, erm, and uh
Person 1: What's a black hole?
Person 2: Black holes are...um...they're uh...black holes, they...erm...er...
Person 1: You have no fucking clue, do you? You're just using filler words now.
Filler word by Mickey_G_ April 15, 2019
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sock filler

A (generally) teen-age boy who spends the majority of his time masturbating into a tube sock. Sock fillers tend to be socially awkward, often standing slack-jawed while in the presence of their female classmates.
"As the girls' P.E. class ran past, a large number of sock fillers began to shift uncomfortably and mumble to each other."
sock filler by Jack Mahogov November 14, 2012

shit-filled

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album filler 

When a band releases an album where there's only a couple good songs, and they need more to make a whole album, so they make crappy songs knowing they aren't that great just to complete the CD since you need at least around 8 songs for a good CD.
The Shins' new album "Wincing the Night Away" has only a few great songs on it, and around 15 tunes in total, so they make a bunch of album fillers in order to make it a full-length album
album filler by El Joey May 12, 2007

bowl filler 

A bowl filler is the name assigned to an enormous amount of feces deposited into the toiled during a single act of defecation.
Phil: So was it a bowl filler?

Tom: You bet. The janitors needed to use the plunger to get it all down.
bowl filler by wiltfore March 27, 2008

filler songs 

"Cookie-cutter" songs used to fill time or pad an album around the two or three hits.

While the lyrics might be good the music itself lacks substance. Filler songs will never be on a greatest hits record down the road. Not even as a joke.
"I wish I could return this CD I bought - it's all filler songs."
filler songs by SnobArtist November 21, 2013