Tmesis (tmee’-sis): Interjecting a word or phrase between parts of a compound word or between syllables of a word.
Hilary Clinton on the grill again over Ben-freakin-ghazi. Thanks for another clown show House Republicans.
The Committee’s formula for Select Idiocy:
Seven Bozos + Five Reasonable People + Thirteen Months = -$3,500,000. Money well-spent; if you like disgusting displays of partisan politics, squandering enough US taxpayer dollars to put a small village through college, and last but not least, vomiting on your TV’s remote control.
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).