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expletive infixation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-ple-tive in-fix-a-tion
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The insertion of expressive, often vulgar or obscene, expletives into words, usually in colloquial or slang speech, or the resulting expression: tmesis with expletives.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

expletive infixations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pejoration

Questions

What does expletive infixation mean?
The insertion of expressive, often vulgar or obscene, expletives into words, usually in colloquial or slang speech, or the resulting expression: tmesis with expletives.

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