This yoghurt is ...
"getting out of these shoes" good
"not catching the bouquet" good,
"not getting stuck with a groom's man shorter than you" good.
I have found no articles on this sort of (it seems to me) intensifiers/constructions. Any clues?
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Edwin Ashworth
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5Does this answer your question? Is there a word or phrase to define several words linked by hyphens, such as in "a sit-back-and-wait-for-it attitude" Some more examples: "And she gave me that aren't-I-just-gorgeous smile." / "The I-did-it-my-way approach." / "A from-this-day-forward-I-have-no-son scene." (the nonce stacked premodifiers are normally hyphenated.) Here, before 'good', as you say they are intensifiers. – Edwin Ashworth Feb 11 '20 at 15:38
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... Here, they might be seen as snowclones of 'finger-lickin' good'. – Edwin Ashworth Feb 11 '20 at 15:58
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3Any phrase or clause that is identifiable may be frozen and used as a descriptive pre-nominal adjective modifier. Usually the frozen chunk is identifiable as an experience that produces an emotional effect (especially if it's intended to describe a good feeling, as here). This is very informal talk. – John Lawler Feb 11 '20 at 16:25