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I'm trying to figure out a word, but I just can't find a proper one. Can you help me out please?

My suffix, well I guess that's something a lot of people on this site do on and off.
And my infix is a...... uhhh sorry I'll think about if there's a better way to describe it.
Finally, I suppose my prefix is a little touch and go... and that's about it.

Sorry if the hints are not useful, my whole is something I'm not so fluent with.

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    $\begingroup$ Interesting puzzle :) $\endgroup$
    – matt
    Commented Sep 11, 2020 at 16:08

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Is it:

Tagalog

I suppose my prefix is a little touch and go

The game of tag

And my infix is a...... uhhh sorry I'll think about if there's a better way to describe it.

The infix is literally "a", as stated

My suffix, well I guess that's something a lot of people on this site do on and off.

Users of this site log on and off

My whole is something I'm not so fluent with

Perhaps you are trying to learn Tagalog?

Additional notes after the solution was verified:

- "(sorry this isn't my native language)" is an extra hint that the answer is a language, nice misdirection
- "my whole is something I'm not so fluent with" doesn't even have to mean that the author is trying to learn the language - just that they don't know it.
- "...and that's about it" is another hint about the game of tag

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    $\begingroup$ great answer and explanation. I was afraid that the one part you didn't explain would make the riddle too easy (you'll know which part I mean), but it seems that nobody else caught on. $\endgroup$
    – kedarguru
    Commented Sep 12, 2020 at 18:38
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    $\begingroup$ Nice edit. There were two more micro-hints left, by the way. One is about the whole, the other about the prefix. $\endgroup$
    – kedarguru
    Commented Sep 13, 2020 at 20:15
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    $\begingroup$ Got the prefix one, but can't figure out anything more with the whole. Will keep puzzling over it! $\endgroup$
    – TylerW
    Commented Sep 14, 2020 at 17:51
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    – kedarguru
    Commented Sep 14, 2020 at 17:53
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    $\begingroup$ Is the other hint the fact that it's a "cebcre" abha? (rot13) $\endgroup$
    – Admiral Jota
    Commented Sep 14, 2020 at 20:53
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Not positive, but I think the word you're looking for might be

Communication

My prefix is touch and go.

Comm - a shorthand for a push-to-talk headset, i.e. "dual-comm". You touch a button on the comm when you want to use it, and let it go when you're done. Hence "touch and go." (Example)

My suffix is something a lot of people on this site do on and off.

Munication - a slangy word for speaking in a bizarre, cryptic way so that no one understands what you're saying. Obviously users on Puzzling SE do this a lot! (Source) (Source)

My infix... uh I'll think of a better way to describe it.

Mm - a thinking sound.

My whole is something I'm not very good at.

Communication - you're saying that you're not so good at communicating clues!

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    $\begingroup$ wow this is very well thought-out answer! I like your interpretation of the prefix and suffix. Regrettably, the solution is something else. $\endgroup$
    – kedarguru
    Commented Sep 11, 2020 at 19:19
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    $\begingroup$ @kedarguru Dang, I was so sure I had it! $\endgroup$
    – Sciborg
    Commented Sep 11, 2020 at 19:20
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    $\begingroup$ @Sciborg So sure, but not positive? $\endgroup$
    – Bass
    Commented Sep 12, 2020 at 11:04
  • $\begingroup$ they'd taken a drug test just prior to submitting the riddle and wanted us to know the result $\endgroup$
    – kedarguru
    Commented Sep 12, 2020 at 20:36
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    $\begingroup$ @kedarguru I wasn't 100% sure it was the answer, but it lined up so well and seemed to match all the clues. I guess I got a bit too creative! $\endgroup$
    – Sciborg
    Commented Sep 12, 2020 at 21:51

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