2026/11/06

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Tmesis (Linguistics / Rhetoric): 

A common spelling or variant for the linguistic and rhetorical device where a word or compound phrase is split by inserting another word inside of it (such as fan-fucking-tastic or what place soever).

e.g.Jesus-tap-dancing-Christ!

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