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There are many uses of "friggen" or the word that it is being substituted for, and in this case, it has nothing to do with denigrating the object. By putting "
by fabricode 15y ago
There are many uses of "friggen" or the word that it is being substituted for, and in this case, it has nothing to do with denigrating the object.
By putting "friggen" into the middle of a word, you're verbally underlining / emphasizing it. Really emphasizing it, as is underlining it multiple times.
For instance, in the movie Pretty Woman, when one of the two friends is trying to figure out someone for whom a relationship worked out, she responds with "Cinder-friggen-rella". ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100405/quotes?qt0466870 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100405/quotes?qt0466870 )
I know this is an overly-long response to a minor issue, but I just didn't want you thinking that someone was making fun of your country. Instead, I believe the person who originally said it was essentially trying to say "a really, really, really communist country" had a more appealing entry system than today's America.
- bdunbar 15y agoI never thought of the word 'friggin' as super-underlining, but that is a good simile and what I intended it to mean. Thanks!
- zem 15y agothe technical term is "tmesis", if you want to read more about it in a linguistic context.
- bdunbar 15y agothe technical term is "tmesis" And I'm off to wikipedia for a while. It's Friday night and I just learned something - the weekend is off to a great start.