Lesson 1 Our changing vocabulary Valentina

acronym

A word formed from the initial letters of a name or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words

affix

A.)a word element such as a prefix or suffix that is attached to a base,stem or root

B.) something is attached, joined or added

coinage

A.) invention of new words

B.) an inverted word or phrase

C.) process of making coins

colloquial

A.) used in or suitable to spoken language or to writing that imitates speech

B.) informal in style of expression

malapropism

the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but humorously wrong in context

onomatopoeia

formation or use of a word that inmates or resembles what it stands for

palindrome

a word or phrase or sentence that reads the same backward or forward

portmanteau

a word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words blend

simile

twi essentially unlike things are compared often in a phrase introduced by like or as

spoonerism

accidental but humorous distortion of words in a phrase formed by interchanging the initial sounds