2006-11-16 16:15:51 · 5 answers · asked by j. g 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Breakfast + lunch = brunch
2006-11-16 16:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by Catherine M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Seeing as someone already posted a list, My favorite has always been Foodgitive - food and fugitive - when the items in a T.V. dinner escape over the wall of the plate into the other food items.
2006-11-17 00:37:41 · answer #2 · answered by Joe S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blended words or PORTMANTEAU
examples:
smoke + fog = smog
twist + swirl = twirl
picture + dictionary = pictionary
Swiss + watch= Swatch
chocolate + alcoholic= chocolic
2006-11-17 01:03:50 · answer #3 · answered by dhen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are alot of them, ill pick 20 for you:
# aerobatics from aerial and acrobatics
# affluenza from affluence and influenza
# alphabet from alpha and beta is a code name for the setup of the letters in our language
# bodacious from bold and audacious
# boxercise from boxing and exercise
# Californication from California and fornication
# camcorder from camera and recorder
# caplet from capsule and tablet
# cryptex from cryptology and codex
# cyborg from cybernetic and organism
# dancercise from dance and exercise
# dramastic from dramatic and drastic
# ebonics from ebony and phonics
# electrocution from electricity and execution (originally only referred to execution in an electric chair)
# motel from motor and hotel
# fanzine from fan and magazine
# frappuccino from frappé and cappuccino
# guesstimate from guess and estimate
# McMansion, from McDonalds and mansion
# ginormous from gigantic and enormous
2006-11-17 00:31:24 · answer #4 · answered by Mike J 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
here are my faves:
confuzzled = confused + puzzled
fantabulous = fantastic + fabulous
but i don't think they're proper words...hehe
2006-11-17 01:03:03 · answer #5 · answered by peanut butter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋