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Tmesis Dictionary

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Hamish Gardner

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tmesis

If there is no-bloody-way you’re going to do something any-old-how because that would be ri-godamn-diculous then you must already be versed with the charms of the tmesis. A tmesis (from the greek for ‘cutting’) is a figure of speech in which a word, phrase or letters are inserted into another word for emphasis, comic effect or the sheer pleasure of messing around with words.

This short A - Z portrays examples of my own to show how familiar and fun the tmesis really is, hopefully it will leave you wondering why you never knew of term this before.

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abs-p erh ap

swift ith a ut w on b inty icti a estr uncert n, r tio xpress ica alif rt to e qu no f hea o th wi ange ch

adverb

-l

ks

|

s

bo-gold ie-l loc k

|b

-g

ld

gr un eeme d m nt, ino or as rs an

a u se dis ro d r o exc to exp sa ent lam r ation ess contemptm n one i of annoyance whe

noun

cul-de-sac k-ed

| k l-di-sĂŚkt |

termination of em ploym e

nt fro m a de

ad e nd job , al

wa ys

at fa

ult

em he t of

yee o l p

noun

di

r e v o l cs -

k-l- v r | |ds

arch that yo ring a se ur u d r o e cto r l l o c y l d r ted e co pec ecret r x e un is a s if nd tner r pa

verb

k r| kst

rkj l |

r a l u c y r r u c a r t x e

t cl nigh

o ass i de uts

of

o

ne

’s r egu lar w

ork

for ind

ian ta keaway

chefs

ajective

fest -erval

|f

st-

r-v l |

has t l t ha

tten e ro om bec

a stiv a fe

and

e to nsiv oe

the

es sens

noun

gang-interro-bang

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in

a

as

f es o g n a g ch ner n i v n vo l ed m a n i r is nte supr u co nd l en sed a a u ex emu b

noun

hy p

e v i t c a r t t a r e

| h jp rtr-ĂŚ kt v

|

as ple

ly ing erg en

eti c, a pp ea l ing

adjective

to t h

e sen

ses

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n o i t a m m r o f s n a

ow kn

led ge gai ned th

roug h com

munica tion of

| nf r-trĂŚ n

sf rm -

chinese whispers

n| adjective

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jst |

| d iz s

jesu s h.

ra -k

et tĂŚp dĂŚns

ncin g- christ

t?! gh p-dan i l he .ta ee t us H s u yo s!! Jes o D ! Ye s!

Ye

noun

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n see e v ha

t!! gh i l the

| ru -b ld i-g

ĂŚ |k

kanga-b loody-ro o

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noun

g rin t-e oy

| l jt-t

| - r t -t

Loit -te y-t

bers m e m

pper u e h of t

r nd o a t s that class

dw roun a t i wa

se urpo p t ren appa t u itho

noun

mosh-posh-pit

|m

-p

-p t

|

an area in fron t of the stage a t a mumford and sons conc ert, where mo shing occurs

noun

nec-tie-p hi lia

nig secret

fetish t a v e cra ht tim

noun

|

l a e d o n r o l a e d or

r-d il

rno -d

il |

and prolonged exp pleasant erien n u y ce a v er m i t e y a t e d l e g vision chin t a w t whils

noun

e t u t i t s e t pro

| pro-t

st- tut |

st ng for er, .

ap ro te

as ti es c i v igh r f e s is ei r ty h r t a g p ellin asing s y b h urc oney p m s e n r th a person who ea hich w e s u regardless of the ca

noun

q

n o i t a e k a f li a u

n|

-e

fek l | kw

af

als e

i

nt de

noun

o at i fi ic

n, a

rd that you stole off yo lias. a ca ur sis a n a , te r m y on d u pse

rigg e l o r ed-up-ma

| r gd - p -m r l |

eme

ces ne un dd an t is tha i ng te m eat a sys f ch nt o

an el

sa r i ish ly com on ple est y fr x but als o sugges om ts th e s tart

noun

|s

m

here r-w the

som e-o

-

รฐ

r-w

r|

noun in or at someplace not specified or known, furt her removed fr o m the initial unknown place. otherworldy, mysterious

tmesis

si |t m s|

rd by intervening of a wo wor s t r pa ds formal speech f n i n o i y l n n o i a ti ara eard m p e s, h es th etter l or

noun

ear uter-w

o r e d un

clot h cas ing wo e no t un rn und er o der t he oth r er c loth clothe s es, esp , but in ecia this lly outd oors

|

| nd-a t - w

noun

vege -cou nter feittaria n

eat or

fish

|v

d

-k

a

nt ft -t

r

n|

a p e rs o n w h usually f o clai m or soc s to n ial gai ot ea n tm

noun

wh atsoe

ver

an intensive form of whatever, whatsoever it be; in any place whatsoever

|w

ts

ev r|

pronoun

xen

o-p yro-phobia

|z

b | n p r -f

we

ph

ob ia lsh of se t po rtr ting f aye i d w re to f or hils t b eign o urn bje cts, ing an i eng dea lish the hol iday hom es.

noun

-s | j - n lf |

your-own-self

of a ng addressed as the object i e b n o s r e p e h t o t r e f used to re mentioned ar to the person or thing l u c i t r a p s i t a h t n o i t i prepos

pronoun

z

y g o l o r t s a oo

| zu -

str l d i |

the s tudy of th celes e mo tial a vem nima ents listic and bodi relat es, u ive p rsa m ositi ons o ajor is a p f rom inen t exa mple

noun

Tmesis Type

Tmesis Type is a face constructed by applying the definition of the term Tmesis onto a typeface. Simply put its the seperation or cutting of letters by an intervening letter or letters.

Each letter has its own individual quirk to it, creating an exciting and very unreadable typeface.

This dictionary is a visual representation of the term Tmesis on many levels by taking its definition and applying it universally thoughout.