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    Blending Words – General English Study

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    A blend, in morphology, is a word formed from parts of two or more words. In this sense blending is a process,
    among other processes, of creating new words.
    Examples:
     brunch = breakfast + lunch
     Breathalyzer = breath + analyzer
     camcorder = camera + recorder
     emoticon = emote + icon
     motel = motor car + hotel
     Globish = global + English
     sitcom = situation + comedy
     smog = smoke + fog
     Spork = spoon + fork
     workaholic = work + alcoholic

    e.g.

    advertisement + inflation adflation

    beauty + utility beautility

    binary + digit bit

    breakfast + lunch brunch

    camera + recorder camcorder

    cremated + remains cremains

    channel + tunnel chunnel

    diplomacy + economics diplonomics

    documentary + drama docudrama

    manmohan + economics manMohanomics

    electro + execute electrocute

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    fantastic + fabulous fantabulous

    feeble + debility feebility

    fantatic + magazine fanzine

    feminine + seminar feminar

    gigantic + enormous ginormous

    high + technology hi-tech

    helicopter + airport heliport

    international + police interpol

    man + animal manimal

    laundry + automat laundromat

    medical + evacuation medevac

    medical + care medicare

    motor + bike mobike

    motor + hotel motel

    motorcar + cavalcade motorcade

    news + broadcast newscast

    parachute + troops paratroops

    sexual + exploitation sexploitation

    smoke + fog smog

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    television + evanglist televangelist

    video + idiot videot

    transfer + resistor transistor

    volcanic + ash vash

    work + welfare workfare

    education + entertainment edutainment

    medical + claim mediclaim

    sky + laboratory skylab

    vegetable + burger vegeburger

    wizard + technology techno-wizard

    lecture + demonstration lecdem

    work + alcoholic workaholic

    information + technology infotech

    Blending the Words Used in Sentences


    The adflation has restricted the number of applications for radio advertisements from businessmen

    The beautility of the new computer impressed Martha

    Her mini computer has a 16 bit processor

    The investigative journalist recorded the voice of the corrupt leader in his camcorder

    The Cremains of Jawaharlal Nehru were thrown on different parts of India from the aircraft

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    The train chugged through the chunnel as the water had drained off

    The docudrama on perseverance was quite impressive

    The thief was electrocuted as he tried to jump over an electrified fence

    The febility of the dying man worried his grand children

    The ginormous rail accident warning machine is likely to be installed near London

    The hi-tech supercomputer is very helpful to the scientists in weather forecast and remote sensing

    A heliport was erected in a week-time to receive president in the village

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