Monday, May 31, 2010

tmesis |təˈmēsis|
noun ( pl. -ses |-sēz|)

the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words, heard mainly in informal speech (e.g., a whole nother story; shove it back any-old-where in the pile).

sen-fucking-sational
whoop-di-fucking-doo
cele-fucking-bration
unbe-fucking-lievable
ladybug;

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