Editing Infix (section)

===Colloquialisms===
None of the following are recognized in [[standard English]].
* The infix {{infix|-iz-}} or {{infix|-izn-}} is characteristic of [[Hip hop culture|hip-hop]] [[slang]], for example ''h'''-iz-'''ouse'' for ''house'' and ''sh'''-izn-'''it'' for ''[[shit]].''
* The {{infix|-ma-}} infix (or "Homeric infix," after [[Homer Simpson]]),<ref>{{Harvnb|Yu|2004}}</ref> gives a word an [[irony|ironic]] pseudo-sophistication, as in ''sophisti'''-ma-'''cated (sophisticated), saxo'''-ma-'''phone,'' (saxophone) and ''edu'''-ma-'''cation.'' (education) This exists as a slang phenomenon.
*Infixes also occur in some [[language game]]s.
* The use of '[[Expletive infixation|expletive infixes]]' such as ''-fucking-'' and ''-bloody-'', which are words rather than affixes, is known as [[tmesis]].