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acronym
a word formed from the initial letters of a name or word
affix
word element such as a prefix or a suffix that's attached to a base or stem
coinage
the invention of the new words
colloquial
used in or suitable to spoken language or to writing that inmates speech
malapropism
the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but humorously wrong
onomonatopoeia
the formation of use of a word that imitates or resembles something such as the word buzz.
palindrome
a word phrase or sentnace that reads the same backwards as forward
portmanteau word
a word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of 2 different words
simile
figure of speech using like or as
spoonerism
an accidental but humorous distortion of words in a phrase formed by interchanging sounds
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