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From: devine@asgb.UUCP (Robert J. Devine)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Infix?
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Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 19:51:37 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  4 19:51:37 1985
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> The addition of a middle word, even in the middle of a word, to add
> emphasis is quite common in English and many other languages.  The
> phrase that pops to mind is "big f-cking deal", and most of us (at
> least most of me :->) have heard someone say something like
> "out-f-cking-rageous!".
> 
> 		Ken Arnold

  As opposed to being "quite common", I can't think of any other
word besides "fucking" that is inserted into another word (infix?).
You can attempt to shoehorn a different word in the same manner,
but it doesn't sound right.  Assuming that "out-fucking-rageous"
sounds right....

Bob Devine