Blended and clipped words

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1. Blended and Clipped Words and Their Meanings

2. Blended Word- is a word that is formed by combining two or more words by dropping some letters , and producing a new meaning.

3. Examples : Biography + picture = biopic Television + photogenic = telegenic

4. Clipped Word- is a word formed by dropping one or more syllables from a longer word or phrase with no change in meaning.

5. Representative- rep Teenager- teen Advertisement- ad Raccoon- coon

6. Other Examples

7. Blended Words breakfast + lunch brunch camera + recorder camcorder high + technology hi-tech medical + care medicare smoke + fog smog

8. breakfast + lunch brunch work + alcoholic workaholic

9. Clipped Words hamburger- burger My favorite burger is Jollibee burger yum. Motor bike- bike Mart brought a very expensive  bike . Discotheque- disco Disco  is not a part of Italian culture.

10. Disco

11. Disc

12. Diskette- disc I saved all the word documents in a Compact  disc . Gasoline- gas Gas  has become an expensive fuel for low income group families . Gymnasium- gym My uncle goes to the  gym  early morning . Kilogram- kilo Get me a  kilo  of mangoes.

13. v eterinary surgeon- vet I took my cat to the  vet . laboratory- lab This school has five  labs . r efrigerator- fridge Having   fridge is not a luxury but a necessity.

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