A blend is a word formed from parts of two or more other words.
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What is the correct pronunciation of “regex”?
The term regular expression is often shortened to regex. What is the correct pronunciation of the g in regex?
Is it like the g1 in gallium, or is it like the g2 in giraffe? I’ve heard it said both ...
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Hyphenation or blending
Are there any rules when to write a set of two (or more) words or abbreviations forming a name of some entity as separate, when to hyphenate, and when to stick them together?
These are my findings ...
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What do you call the process of combining two words to create a new one?
Two very well established examples I can think of are:
Guesstimate (i.e. Guess + Estimate)
Chillax (i.e. Chill + Relax)
I guess I am meaning the process where two words are artificially combined ...
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A word for female bonding
A bromance is "a close but non-sexual relationship between two men". Is there an equivalent for women? IMO, sisterhood doesn't really fit.
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Is “quaver” a blend word of “quake” and “waver”?
Dictionary.com has this etymology for quaver:
1400–50; late Middle English quaveren (v.), blend of quake and waver
But Wiktionary disagrees:
From Middle English quaveren, frequentative ...
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Term, blend-word, or metaphor for being social but with boundaries [closed]
I'm looking for a term, word or metaphor for being social but within rules or boundaries.
I don't like the word privacy as it has a negative connotation. I think the word social is overused or ...
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Pronunciation of letters “g” and “c” in blend words
According to this article:
The Pronunciation of ‘C’ and ‘G’ generally (but not always) depends
upon the letter following either 'C' or 'G'. If the following letter
is ‘E’, ‘I’ or ‘Y’, the ...
