Expletive infixation is a process by which an expletive or profanity is inserted into a word, usually for intensification. It is similar to tmesis, but...

expression that is strongly impolite or offensive Expletive infixation, morphological process of inserting expletive attributive or profanity into a word This...

An expletive attributive is an adjective or adverb (or adjectival or adverbial phrase) that does not contribute to the meaning of a sentence, but is used...

Look up expletive (linguistics) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dummy pronoun Expletive attributive Expletive deleted Expletive infixation Morphology...

rather than an affix, is sometimes considered a type of infixation. These are the so-called "expletive infixes", as in abso-bloody-lutely. Since these are...

placing a strong stress on the "H", relating it in various ways to expletive infixation. Thus Quinion writes: Its long survival must have a lot to do with...

when not separated.[citation needed] Interfix Affix Clitic Diacope Expletive infixation Lexical diffusion Portuguese personal pronouns § Syntax on future...

head, such as in split infinitives (to boldly go) or infixation, most commonly expletive infixation (in-fucking-credible). Two common parts of speech used...

specifically fucking as an infix, or more properly, a tmesis (see expletive infixation). For example, the word in-fucking-credible sounds acceptable to...

stand-alone profanities are among the most common in natural speech. Expletive infixation is the use of a profane word as an intensifier inside of another...