Modern Terminology

Question 1

Abbreviations

Answer 1

• Standard (e.g am or pm) or invented (tomoz)

Question 2

Acronym

Answer 2

Initial letters or a phrase that are then pronounced as a new word (e.g lol)

Question 3

Affixation

Answer 3

Adding a prefix or suffix to an existing word to make a new word

Question 4

Blending

Answer 4

Parts of two words put together to make a new word e.g breakfast + lunch is brunch

Question 5

Borrowing

Answer 5

Taking words from other languages e.g bouquet

Question 6

Clipping

Answer 6

Creating a new word by dropping one or more syllables e.g flu

Question 7

Coinage/Neologism

Answer 7

• Construction or addition of new words to the language

Question 8

Colloquialism

Answer 8

Informal word, phrase or pronunciation typical of informal speech

Question 9

Compounding

Answer 9

Two or more words compounded to make a new word

Question 10

Contraction

Answer 10

Missing letters e.g can’t won’t etx

Question 11

Conversion

Answer 11

Changing a word class e.g googling from google

Question 12

Deletion

Answer 12

Deleting double letters e.g stil or wil

Question 13

Deviant spellings

Answer 13

To abbreviate, accentuate words or convey phonology

Question 14

Emoticons

Answer 14

Pictures made from punctuation to convey tone

Question 15

Initialism

Answer 15

A phrase represented by its initials e.g btw

Question 16

Letter and number homophones

Answer 16

A number or letter that stands for all or part of a word because it sounds the same

Question 17

Logograms

Answer 17

Graphic units associated eith words or actions e.g x = a kiss

Question 18

Mixed mode

Answer 18

Texting how you speak

Question 19

Vowel deletion

Answer 19

Vowels missed out to save space or reduce key taps e.g alwys