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Our Evolving Language - Lesson 1

affix

a prefix or a suffix

oxymoron

acronym

colloquial

coinage

an expression that contains contradictory terms

informal language

the invention of new words

A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series

PSHS

FBI

BMV

LOL

palindrome

a word that is spelled the same forwards or backwards

portmanteau word

a word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words

Did you shake a tower?

spoonerism

a comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words

diminutive

metonymy

extremely small; tiny

a figure of speech that substitutes one word with another closely related word

couch=sofa

airplane = jet aircraft

soda=pop

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