Tmesis
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The separation of the parts of a compound word by theintervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, forwhatsoever place.
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In grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a
compound word, now generally done for humorous effect -
The art of breaking one word into two parts, inserting a different word (often an expletive) in between those two parts, hence forth turning two different words into one in order to give extra emphasis
from Greek, a cutting, from temnein, to cut (see tem- in Indo-European roots)
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