That's the answer I like best of the answers I've heard so far. Now to go looking for counterexamples. I don't think I'm going to find another infix modifier in English to try out, but I'm going to see if I can come up with modifiers that can't usually be infix but still work in that position in this type of construction.
I think that's probably the most interesting thing about the word "fuck" -- that it works as an infix modifier. (For anyone else coming in late and wondering what we mean, consider: "Infuckingcredible", "absofuckinglutely", etc. It's also interesting to look at which syllable breaks can take a "fuck" and wich cannot.)
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I think that's probably the most interesting thing about the word "fuck" -- that it works as an infix modifier. (For anyone else coming in late and wondering what we mean, consider: "Infuckingcredible", "absofuckinglutely", etc. It's also interesting to look at which syllable breaks can take a "fuck" and wich cannot.)