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acronym
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n.: a word formed from the first letter or each word in a series
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affix
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n.: a prefix or suffix
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coinage
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n.: the invention of new words
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colloquial
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adj.: typical of informal language usage; conversational
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diminutive
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n.:a suffix that indicates small size, youth,familiarity, affection, or contempt
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metonymy
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n.: a figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word
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oxymoron
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n.: an expression that contains contradictory terms
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palindrome
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n.: a word or an expression that is spelled the same backwards and forwards
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portmanteau word
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n.: a word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words
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spoonerism
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n.: an often comical switching og the first sounds of two or more words
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