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thesis scatting

When one attempts to write their thesis, but can't make a thoughtful statement if their life depended on it and all that comes out is something that has the cadence of something thoughtful but lacks any substance or direction.
I read her paper and she must have been thesis scatting, I can't understand anything she wrote.
by tambully August 7, 2008
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Thesis

A form of torture needed for passage in the upper echelons of the collegiate level.
dude that poor student was thesis'd to death!
by Dr. Sexy Butt MD August 16, 2009
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thesising

v. to thesis; to write one's thesis
I spent all last night thesising.
by dudechick May 6, 2008
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tmesis

In grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a
compound word, now generally done for humorous effect
by Teqcknologiqck June 20, 2003
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thesis statement

An evil type of statement, invented by Satan himself, that is used in a formal essay that teachers assign to their students in order to make sure they meet their suffering requirements.
She worked so hard on her thesis statement, yet the teacher threw it in the garbage and burned it because it was trash.
by Amazing_llamas August 3, 2016
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Tmesis

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")
by Erkworm December 28, 2007
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Sabine's Thesis

Govinda does not find peace.
Harwood says: "Sabine's Thesis sucks."
by Hoe-G-String-Slutto November 28, 2004
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