Tmesis (tmee’-sis): Interjecting a word or phrase between parts of a compound word or between syllables of a word.
We sit idly by while Trump destroys much of what was built in the past 50 years–from civil rights to climate change policies, Trump has co-poppin-opted truth, justice and freedom, replacing them with a steady steam of lies, a disgusting Supreme Court justice and restrictions on the freedom of speech in his own White House.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu).
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