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[hiromichi]

You sometimes use a word ABSOLUTELY by inserting a word like absoBUSHlutely. What do you call it in a science of language?
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Hiromichi

[ebb]

I call it a joke myself. It is just wordplay. BTW, typically the "XXX" in your example would be replaced by a vulgar or "swear" word, for emphasis. I leave the selection of such to your own fertile imagination. "Bush" lacks the correct meter or sound and is awkward souinding, so try something more poetic like "abso-Bush-o-lutely" to refer to something funny or weird the President has done or said. It needs to sound cute.
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"This is insolence up with which I will not put." Winston Churchill, upon reading a newspaper�s criticism of his having ended a sentence with a preposition.

"You can get more with a kind word and a gun, than with just a kind word." Al Capone.

[hiromichi]

ebb-san, Thank you for your gentleperson-like answer. I guess I have imagination sufficient enough to fully understand your reply.
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Hiromichi

[ebb]

If you want to learn to swear like a sailor, you can also experiement with funny opportunities such as:

In ___ credible.

No ____ way!!

Im ___ possible

Un ___ believable

Out ___ standing !!

Few of these would be used in polite society but among friends for joking, it is accepted, but should always be cute.
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"This is insolence up with which I will not put." Winston Churchill, upon reading a newspaper�s criticism of his having ended a sentence with a preposition.

"You can get more with a kind word and a gun, than with just a kind word." Al Capone.

[hiromichi]

ebb-san, Thank you very much for your additional lesson.
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Hiromichi