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11 Cards in this Set
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Onomatopoetic words
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words that imitate sounds that are made by man, animal, or objects.
Buzz, chatter, gag, gurgle, hee haw, hiccup, honk, jingle, yak and zoom |
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Acronyms
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inital letters or sometimes the syllables of a phrase, but are pronounced as though the letters spelled out a normal word.
Delmarva - Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Sonar - sound, navigation, ranging |
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Initialisms
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abbreviations that make use of the inital letters in a phrase and are pronounced by sounding the letter names
ESP - extra, sensory, perception GI - government issue HMS - Her, or His, majesty's ship WCTU - women's Christian Temperance Union |
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Proper Names
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common nouns are sometimes taken without change from the names of the actual persons.
Braille - Louis Braille deceloped a method that allowed the visually impared to read and write Fahrenheit - Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit established the Fahrenheit scale of tempurature. |
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Reduplication
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second element may rhyme with the first as in hanky panky or it may show consonance as in chitchat
even steven heebie geebie super duper |
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Borrowing
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Taking words from different languages
blouse - German or French Veneer - German Buffalo - Italian Chef - French |
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Blending
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two or more words are combined into one
manwhich - man sandwhich smog - smoke and fog motel - motor and hotel brunch - breakfast and lunch |
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Clipping
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when a word is to long, for convienienced is shortened
Auto - automatic lunch - lucheon exam - examination phone - telephone |
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Slang
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words that are more temporary in nature (groovy)
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Jargon
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language of a secial group of professionals or of a trade, sometimes difficult to understand by outsiders (chip, byte)
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Colloquial
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what's commonly used in your area (youse guys)
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