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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)
Blends
two words put together into one word eg. brunch (breakfast/lunch), smog (smoke/fog)
Clippings
The shortened form of a word eg. vet (veterinarian), exam (examination)
Compounds
two words put together to mean one thing eg. homework, sleepwalk, boyfriend
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)
Borrowings
words taken from other languages and applied to english eg. sushi (Japan), pasta (italy)