expletive infixation

English

Examples
abso-fucking-lutely im-bloody-possible

Noun

expletive infixation (countable and uncountable, plural expletive infixations)

1. (linguistics) The insertion of expressive, often vulgar or obscene, expletives into words, usually in colloquial or slang speech or the resulting expression; tmesis.

See also

• pejoration