For me it is Mondegreen: which is a misheard lyric, word or phrase that becomes popular and gives it new meaning.

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In linguistics this is called expletive infixation. It's a good example of the inherent grammar of language that we are never directly taught but know anyway. For example, we know fanfuckingtastic is correct but fantafuckingstic is wrong.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    But also fantasfuckingtastic seems fine, to me. Just one letter moved.

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