| 2. | Tmesis | ||
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The art of breaking one word into two parts, inserting a different word (often an expletive) in between those two parts, hence forth turning two different words into one in order to give extra emphasis
from Greek, a cutting, from temnein, to cut (see tem- in Indo-European roots) Examples of tmesis are found in the following, well-known quotes:
La-dee-freakin-da, a less offensive alternative, was made famous via Chris Farley on SNL. Wel-diddly-elcome, one of many ri-goddamn-diculous phrases Ned Flanders often drops on the Simpsons. Other famous phrases include: Fan-fucking-tastic (The Departed) Ala-fucking-bama (My Cousin Vinny) Viet-fucking-nam! (Forrest Gump) I'm not o-fucking-kay (My Chemical Romance) That makes him a lia-fucking-bility (Boondock Saints), and A whole 'nother' (insertion of "whole" into "another," rather than "a whole new") |
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| 1. | tmesis | ||
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In grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a
compound word, now generally done for humorous effect "Abso-fucking-lutely"
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