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acronym
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making an abbreviation by taking the first letter of each word you're abbreviated
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TAC
NASA SCUBA |
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affix
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prefix or suffixe
to attach or fasten |
re-
-able |
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coinage
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new or invented word
the making of coins |
blog
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colloquial
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informal speech (not fancy)
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waz up?
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diminutive
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changing the form of a word to add the meaning of "small" or "little"
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-ette
-let |
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metonymy
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figure of speech that substitues a word with a different but closely associated word
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Washington substitues the U.S. government
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oxymoron
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an expression that contains contradictory terms
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good grief
fresh frozen |
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palindrome
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word or expression that is spelled the same backword and forward
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rotor
civic mom dad |
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portmanteau word
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word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words
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chunnal formed from channel and tunnel
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spoonerism
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often comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words
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lack of pies is a spoonerism for pack of lies
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