Word Formation English Blend & Clipped Words

 Word FormationEnglish Blend  & Clipped Words

advertainment, from advertising and entertainment

advertorial, from advertising and editorial

affluenza, from affluence and influenza

alphanumeric, from alphabetic and numeric

anacronym, from anachronism and acronym

apronym, from appropriate and acronym

automagic(al), from automatic and magic(al)

backronym, from back and acronym

bit, from binary and digit

blaxploitation, from black and exploitation

Bollywood, from Bombay and Hollywood

Bootylicious, from booty and delicious

boxercise, from boxing and exercise

britcom, from British and comedy

brunch, from breakfast and lunch

cellophane, from cellulose and diaphane

chortle, from chuckle and snort

cineplex, from cinema and complex (building)

cocacolonization, from Coca-Cola and colonization

codec, from coder and decoder

cryptex, from cryptology and codex

cyborg, from cybernetic and organism

dancercise, from dance and exercise

datacasting, from data and broadcasting

Diamat, from Dialectical Materialism

digerati, from digital and literati

digipeater, from digital and repeater

docudrama, from documentary and drama

docusoap, from documentary and soap opera

dramality, from dramatic and reality

dramedy, from drama and comedy

dumbfound, from dumb and confound

ebonics, from ebony and phonics

ecoteur, from ecological and saboteur

edutainment, from education and entertainment

emoticon, from emotion and icon

faction, from fact and fiction

fantabulous, from fantastic and fabulous

frankenfood, from Frankenstein and food

frankenword, from Frankenstein and word

fraudience, from fraud and audience

freeware, from free and software

ginormous, from gigantic and enormous

greenwash, from green and whitewash

guesstimate, from guess and estimate

infomercial, from information and commercial

infotainment, from information and entertainment

intercom, from internal and communication

Internet, from inter and network

jazzercise, from jazz and exercise

knowledgebase, from knowledge and database

malware, from malicious and software

mantastic, from man and fantastic

melodrama, from melody and drama

mobisode, from mobile (phone) and episode

mockney, from mock and Cockney

mockumentary, from mock and documentary

modem, from modulator and demodulator

moped, from motor and pedal

motel, from motor and hotel

multiplex, from multiple and cineplex

Muppet, from marionette and puppet

napalm, from naphthene and palmitate

netiquette, from Internet and etiquette

netizen, from Internet and citizen

Oxbridge, from Oxford and Cambridge

paratroops, from parachute and troops

pixel, from picture and element

pizzone, from pizza and calzone

portmanteau, from the French porte (carry) and manteau (coat)

posistor, from positive and thermistor

procrasturbate, from procrastinate and masturbate

prosumer, from either producer or professional and consumer

qubit, from quantum and bit

rockumentary, from rock and documentary

sexcellent, from sex and excellent

sexercise, from sex and exercise

sexploitation, from sex and exploitation

shareware, from share and software

shockumentary, from documentary and shock

sitcom, from situation and comedy

skort, from skirt and short

smog, from smoke and fog

smudgemate, from smudge and estimate

soundscape, from sound and landscape

spork, from spoon and fork

squiggle, from squirm and wiggle

stagflation, from stagnation and inflation

streetball, from street and basketball

swaption, from swap and option

tangelo, from tangerine and pomelo

teensploitation, from teen and exploitation

televangelist, from television and evangelist

terrist, from Terra and terrorism

thermistor, from thermal and resistor

voxel, from volume and pixel

 Word Formation

List of English Clipped Words

advertisement – ad

alchemist – chemist

alligator – gator

automobile – auto

bicycle – bike

cabriolet – cab

chrysanthemum – mum

cleric – clerk

coeducational student – coed

delicatessen – deli

dormitory – dorm

examination – exam

fanatic – fan

gasoline – gas

gymnasium – gym

hamburger – burger

influenza – flu

laboratory – lab

limousine – limo

luncheon – lunch

mathematics – math

memorandum – memo

moving picture – movie

pantaloons – pants

photograph – photo

pianoforte – piano

promenade – prom

public house – pub

raccoon – coon

referee – ref

refrigerator – fridge

reputation – rep

situation comedy – sitcom

submarine – sub

telephone – phone

typographical error – typo

university – varsity

zoological garden – zoo