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6 WAYS TO CREATE NEW WORDS IN ENGLISH

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6 Ways to Create New Wordsin English

using words from another language e.g.: kumkuat, caramel

borrowing

putting 2 words together, e.g.: heartbroken, bookworm & sandcastle.

compounding

putting parts of two words together, e.g.: brunch, motel, edutainment & electrocute

blending

using a noun as a verb:, e.g.: friend, commercial, green

functional shift

delete a part of the word to create a new one, e.g. edit

back formation

taking the first letter of several words, e.g. NASA, OMG

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