Vocab One

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 word or element such as a prefix or suffix, or something that is attached.

Coinage

the invention of new words

Colloquial

Used in a suitable or spoken language or to writing that intimates speech

Malapropism

The use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended by humorously wrong in context.

onomatopoeia

the formation or use of a word that imitates or resembles what it stands for .

palindrome

a word , 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

using like or as to describe something

Spoonerism

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