Weird word for the week: This one goes out to all "Sex and the City" fans....
Tmesis \ tuh-MEE-sis, TMEE-sis \noun:
1. Stuffing a word into the middle of another word.
Examples:
"Wel-diddly-elcome": Made famous by Ned Flanders from "The Simpsons"
"Legen-wait for it-dary": Barney Stinson's catch cry from "How I Met Your Mother"
"Ri-goddamn-diculous": Anchorman
And of course the famous last line from the first episode of Sex and the
City, which I won't post ;-)
Other, less-famous examples:
a-whole-nother
un-friggin-believable
la-dee-freakin'-da
If you think of others, please drop us a line!
Happy Writing!
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