Comments on: tmesis http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/tmesis Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:19:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sean Shannon http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/tmesis#comment-10494 Sean Shannon Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:42:09 +0000 http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/tmesis#comment-10494 Actually, I think tmesis only refers to when the word is inserted as a separate word (as in "be *thou* ware"). When the word that is inserted becomes part of a single word like absofuckinglutely, that's called an infix. (One of my linguistics profs at UToledo actually did her dissertation on how the only infixes in English are curse words. She was one of the cool ones.) Actually, I think tmesis only refers to when the word is inserted as a separate word (as in “be *thou* ware”). When the word that is inserted becomes part of a single word like absofuckinglutely, that’s called an infix.

(One of my linguistics profs at UToledo actually did her dissertation on how the only infixes in English are curse words. She was one of the cool ones.)

]]> By: ken http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/tmesis#comment-10467 ken Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:36:45 +0000 http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/tmesis#comment-10467 Hey - that's my favor-abso-fuckin'-lutely-ite word! Hey - that’s my favor-abso-fuckin’-lutely-ite word!

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