Talk:tumbarumba

RFV discussion: May 2019–February 2020
DTLHS (talk) 19:14, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I didn't find any hits that fit the definition searching for "a tumbarumba" or "tumbarumbas" on Books, News, Scholar, and Groups. DCDuring (talk) 22:16, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Here are some citations (which are sadly more "mention" than "use") that hopefully help to verify that the term does indeed exist. -Stelio (talk) 21:26, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * 2010,, Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik: A Word Lover's Guide to the Weirdest, Wackiest, and Wonkiest Lexical Gems, Adams Media, chapter 5:
 * In Australia, tmesis is popularly called tumbarumba. Tmetic infixation is common in Australian street talk.
 * 2012, Ethan Ham, Net Works: Case Studies in Web Art and Design, page 113, "Tumbarumba":
 * The poem, in turn, popularized tumbarumba as a synonym for tmesis&mdash;the inserting of one word in the midst of another word or phrase.
 * 2017, Mario Brdar, Metonymy and Word-Formation: Their Interactions and Complementation, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, page 18:
 * In addition to these two types, there is a similar phenomenon invariably called tumbarumba or expletive infixation, illustrated in: ¶ (11) a. kanga-bloody-roo ¶ b. abso-blooming-lutely ¶ c. abso-bloody-lutely ¶ d. guaran-damn-tee
 * Mentions, not uses. Canonicalization (talk) 11:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 21:52, 11 February 2020 (UTC)