English Neologism
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Acronym
the initial letters of multiple words and pronounced as one word eg. LOL (laugh out loud), FOMO (fear of missing out)
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Blends
two words put together into one word eg. brunch (breakfast/lunch), smog (smoke/fog)
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Clippings
The shortened form of a word eg. vet (veterinarian), exam (examination)
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Compounds
two words put together to mean one thing eg. homework, sleepwalk, boyfriend
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Conversions
turning the meaning of a word into something different without changing the original word eg. google (used to be a website but has also turned into a verb)
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Borrowings
words taken from other languages and applied to english eg. sushi (Japan), pasta (italy)
