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Jenn's vocab
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09/20/2005

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Affix
Definition
An element added at the end or before a root word
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Coinage
Definition
A new word or phrase. The invention of new words.
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Acronym
Definition
A word formed from the initial letters of a name
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Colloquial
Definition
words or expressions more suitable for speech than writing
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Malapropism
Definition
Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Use of words whose sound suggest the meaning.
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Palindrome
Definition
Something that reads the same backword and forward
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Portmanteau Word
Definition
A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words, as chortle, from chuckle and snort.
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Simile
Definition
comparison using "like" or "as"
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Spoonerism
Definition
A transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one, such as Let me sew you to your sheet for Let me show you to your seat.
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