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inserting swear word in middle of word

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paulmoore67 | 10:04 Fri 31st Jan 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is it called when you insert a swear word in the middle of another word ie wonder-bleeding-ful.
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Lucky to be able to post it in Answerbank, I'd call it.
Do you mean a word like Scunthorpe?
You probably won't find it in any dictionary, because I've just made it up from the appropriate Greek root-words, but how about calling it an "enthesiologism"? (That means 'a new word created by inserting/interposing another'.)
Which reminds me of a joke: Which 3 league football teams have rude words in them? Arsenal, Scunthorpe and Manchester-f*ck!ng-United. Boom! Boom!
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