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a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters
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Acronym
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to attach in any way : ADD, APPEND
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Affix
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something (as a word) made up or invented
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Coinage
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used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation; also : unacceptably informal
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Colloquial
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the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but ludicrously wrong in the context
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Malapropism
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the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss)
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Onomatopoeia
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a word, verse, or sentence (as "Able was I ere I saw Elba") or a number (as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward
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Palindrome
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combining two words to make one word
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Portmanteau word
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a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) -- compare
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Simile
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a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words
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Spoonerism
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