What is your favorite uncommon word beginning with “T”?
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. . .here are my thoughts.
What is your favorite uncommon word beginning with “T”?
tmesis: (n) separation of parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words
Even though I know what tmesis means, I’m left a bit confused after reading that piss poor definition. Tmesis really requires no definition. An example or two simply needs to be presented to fully explain the concept. After that, anyone can reach into their mind and create any number of tmeses (that’s the plural of tmesis). To get that mental ball of yours rolling, here’s a list of some rather common tmeses you’ve likely heard recently, or maybe even unknowingly uttered yourself.
- Abso-fuckin’-lutely
- God-fuckin’-dammit
- Holy-fuckin’-shit
Now you can go about your day and create a seemingly endless number of tmeses by throwing the ever so versatile fuckin’ between virtually any two syllables or words. There are, however, some tmeses without fuckin’ in the fuckin’ middle:
- La-dee-freakin’-da
- Un-freakin’-believable
While freakin’ does count as not technically being fuckin’, I do agree it’s not quite a whole nother word. Wait a minute … it’s unbelievably ridiculously I didn’t think of these three earlier!
- A-whole-nother
- Un-flippin’-believable
- Ri-goddamn-diculous
Now that we know what tmesis means, let’s work on its pronunciation.
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