Talk:dystmesis
Latest comment: 16 years ago by DCDuring in topic dystmesis
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The single (typo?) b.g.c. hit is a secondary source that doesn't match this definition. --Connel MacKenzie 21:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
- Linguistic Phenomena/Devices lists it... it is a variation of tmesis and dys meaning bad (break at the wrong place)... --BigBadBen 17:52, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
- Upon further review, I have found several thread in groups that use this term. Unfortunately, they are threads on language groups that discuss the legitimacy of the term. This term may belong in the Wiktionary glossary. Any alternative name for the most common kind of "dystmesis" is "expletive infixation", an effective SoP phrase. DCDuring 11:04, 29 November 2007 (UTC)