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Term | Definition |
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acronym | N a word formed from first letters of each word in series LOL - laugh out loud |
affix | N - prefix for suffix ( reappearance - re- , -ance) V - to attach to part of beginning of a word to the end ( affix -ed) V - to attach something ( affix colored posters on the wall) |
coinage | N - invention of new words, invented word or phrase, metal currency |
colloquial | ADJ - informal language usage, conversational (hi!, Whats up?) |
diminutave | N - suffix indicates small, youth, N - nickname indicating affection ADJ - extremely small, tiny |
metonmy metonymic | N - figure of speech substitutes a word with different but close word |
oxymoron oxymoronic | N - expression that contains contradictory terms |
palindrome | N - spelled same backwards and forwards |
portmanteau word | N - word formed by combining sounds and meanings of two words (humongous, huge, enormous) |
spoonerism | N - comical switching of first sounds of two or more words, (lack of pies, pack of lies) |