@MiaMarkTwo @GramrgednAngel @NickEast_IndieWriter @linguistics @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop judging by this thread it seems to be a matter of debate, as there's the stressed syllable factor and the clearly delineated morpheme factor pulling in opposite directions.mastodon.gamedev.place/@gins/1

@ygor @NickEast_IndieWriter @linguistics @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop for anyone curious, the linguistic term for this is "expletive infix"en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expletiv#language #linguistics