Word Formation

Clipping Words

advertisement ad dormitory dorm mathematics math refrigerator fridge

alchemist chemist examination exam memorandum memo reputation rep
alligator gator fanatic fan moving picture movie situation comedy sitcom
automobile auto gasoline gas pantaloons pants submarine sub
bicycle bike gymnasium gym photograph photo telephone phone
cabriolet cab hamburger burger pianoforte piano typographical error typo
chrysanthemum mum influenza flu promenade prom university varsity
cleric clerk laboratory lab public house pub zoological garden zoo
coeducational student coed limousine limo raccoon coon
delicatessen deli luncheon lunch referee ref

Blending 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
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
streetball, from street and basketball
swaption, from swap and option
tangelo, from tangerine and pomelo
teensploitation, from teen and exploitation
terrist, from Terra and terrorism
thermistor, from thermal and resistor
voxel, from volume and pixel