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From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Infix?
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 16:12:28 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 16:12:28 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?).
> 
> Bob Devine

"C'est la stinkin' vie" is a phrase I'm fond of.  I first heard it in
the US Navy, so its unlikely to be a "cleaned up" version of a phrase more
pungent ...

"Let's bring this sh*t to a focus!"
-- 
Ed Nather
Astronony Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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