WORDS Flashcards
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Compound word
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Word that is formed by joining two existing words with a hyphen. Words can be a variety of word class (noun, adjectives, adverb etc)
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Neologism
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Newly coined words that are created as the need arises or for comic effect. Eg - situationship. Sometimes existing words can also take on new meanings and/or parts of speech
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Portmanteau word
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A word that blends two words together to create a new word that combines their meanings (eg smog or biopic)
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Borrowed words
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A word that is borrowed from one language and incorporated into another. Many of the words are specific to a country, depending on which other languages are spoken in those countries. Such as entrepreneur of rondavels
