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"I hate those tmesis to pieces!" --Tom (of Tom and Jerry) I think.


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Word of the Day for Wednesday May 26, 1999: tmesis (TMEE-sis), plural tmeses, noun:
in grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word ...
http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/1999/05/26.html
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