English Explanatory Dictionary

expletive infixation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

expletive infixation expletive infixations

Related words

pejoration
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