Leksikoloogia konspekt (uus)
o Breakfast + lunch – brunch o Bromance
o Channel + tunnel – chunnel o Smoke + fog – smog
o Tiger + lion – liger o Spanish + English - spanglish
Loan blends – words that are composed of parts of different languages (native and
foreign element)
o Karaoke (Japanese – kara (empty) + okesutora (orchestra))
o Monolingual (Greek prefix, Latin root)
26. Clipped compounds
Clippings may be compounded with each other to form clipped compounds.
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Kids’ video – kidvid
Slow motion - slomo
The term also refers to compounds which have just one of the elements clipped. First part of