do u know some blended words?( two words are blended)
such as
breakfast+lunch= brunch
small+fog= smog
any other examples?
2007-04-24 21:23:39 · 6 answers · asked by duchess 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Below are examples taken from http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/blend.htm
galumph (gallop + triumph)
chortle (chuckle + snort)
mimsy (flimsy + miserable)
anecdotage (anecdote combined with dotage to suggest a garrulous old age, first recorded in 1823)
squirl (a blend of squiggle and whirl to describe a flourish, as in handwriting, from 1843)
squdge (squash + pudge)
electrocute (a blend of electricity and execute)
prissy (blending prim and sissy) was coined about 1895; brunch (breakfast taken nearly at lunchtime)
travelogue (travel + monologue)
mingy (mean and stingy)
motel (a motor hotel, originally a trade name from 1925)
sexpert (an expert on sex, 1924)
Jacobethan (Jacobean + Elizabethan, invented by John Betjeman in 1933)
guesstimate (guess + estimate, dating from 1936)
Wenglish (Welsh + English)
mockney, a form of mock Cockney
Texican (Texas plus Mexican)
slanguage, a blend of slang and language.
Jazzercise (jazz + exercise)
parascending (parachute + ascending)
advertorial (an advertisement written as though it were an editorial)
docutainment (a documentary written as entertainment, with variable felicity concerning actual events)
animatronics (a blend of animated and electronics)
camcorder (camera + recorder)
rockumentary (a rock documentary)
squarial (a square aerial, used to receive satellite television signals)
slumpflation (slump + inflation)
transistor (transfer + resistor)
Chunnel (Channel + tunnel)
smog (smoke + fog)
nucleonics (nucleon + electronics)
transputer (transistor + computer)
2007-04-24 21:44:20 · answer #1 · answered by AskQns 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gigantic+Enormous=Ginormous
Clap+Crash=Clash
Spread+Crawl=Sprawl
Motor+Hotel=Motel
Bombay+Hollywood=Bollywood
Information+Commercial=Infomercial
Advertisement+Editorial=Advertorial
Information+Propaganda=Infoganda
*Dont know why some words are showing up as .... at the end, just put it together and you got the word!
2007-04-25 04:36:44 · answer #2 · answered by HBIC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
butterfly
skyscraper
buttsex ;0)
2007-04-25 04:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by QnA34 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smoke+fog=smog
that's d ryt one
i'll edit if der's any...
bloodsucker
2007-04-25 04:35:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
international+network= internet
2007-04-25 04:45:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jeniv the Brit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
butterfly+flutter=flutterby :-) I like that one :-)
fantastic+fabulous=fantabulous
2007-04-25 04:32:39 · answer #6 · answered by Smudge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋