expletive infixation
expletive infixation · expletive infixations
The insertion of expressive, often vulgar or obscene, expletives into words, usually…The insertion of expressive, often vulgar or obscene, expletives into words, usually in colloquial or slang speech, or the resulting expression: tmesis with expletives.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The insertion of expressive, often vulgar or obscene, expletives into words, usually in colloquial or slang speech, or the resulting expression: tmesis with expletives.
Forms
plural: expletive infixations| Singular | expletive infixation |
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regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpejoration
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.