enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Blend word - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blend_word

    In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau [a] —is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] English examples include smog , coined by blending smoke and fog , [ 3 ] [ 5 ] as well as motel , from motor ( motorist ) and hotel .

  3. Name blending - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_blending

    Name blending, meshing, or melding is the practice of combining two existing names to form a new name. [1] It is most commonly performed upon marriage.According to Western tradition, the wife normally adopts the husband's surname upon marriage.

  4. Conflation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflation

    English words with multiple (verb) meanings can be illustrated by instances in which a motion is merged with or a causation with manner, [4] e.g. the bride floated towards her future. In this example, the bride may be married on a boat, airplane, or hot-air balloon, etc. [ 5 ] She could be walking the aisle towards matrimony. [ 6 ]

  5. How to Combine Baby Names to Create a Unique & New One - AOL

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/combine-baby-names-create...

    Take two and make a new one. Start with a couple of names you like, and consider how you can piece them together to form a special new combo name. ... Combine two names that have special meaning ...

  6. Contraction (grammar) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_(grammar)

    The most frequently used of these contractions—usually consisting of two or three words contracted into one word, contain short, common and often monosyllabic words like jeg, du, deg, det, har or ikke. The use of the apostrophe (') is much less common than in English, but is sometimes used in contractions to show where letters have been dropped.

  7. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_word_play

    Portmanteau: a new word that fuses two words or morphemes; Retronym: creating a new word to denote an old object or concept whose original name has come to be used for something else; Oxymoron: a combination of two contradictory terms; Zeugma and Syllepsis: the use of a single phrase in two ways simultaneously

  8. 50 Most Iconic Duos Of All Time - AOL

    www.aol.com/50-most-iconic-duos-time-065055676.html

    They combine the strength of their fancy gadgets, masterful moves, and superpower kicks and always get the bad guy. Image credits: Warner Bros. Pictures #5 Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

  9. Morphology (linguistics) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphology_(linguistics)

    The latter is a process of word formation that involves combining complete word forms into a single compound form. Dog catcher , therefore, is a compound, as both dog and catcher are complete word forms in their own right but are subsequently treated as parts of one form.