Unit 1 activities

Question one /
1- Typo = clipping , taken from typographic
2- Teens = clipping , taken from teenagers
3- Porn = clipping , taken from pornographic
4- ASAP = acronym , taken from As Soon As Possible
5- Reagonomics = blending , taken from Reagan + economic
6- Boatel = blending , taken from boat + hotel
7- ACIDC = compound of acronym
8- Carpeteria = derivation , taken from carpet + eria
9- Gargantuan = borrowed from French
10- Sandwich = meaning extention
11- Wordsmith = compound taken from word + smith
12- Galoot = coinage
13- Peddle = backformation ( pedlar )
14- Doodad = coinage
15- Karaoke = borrowed from Japanese
16- Brolga = borrowed from Australia
17- Darwinian = derivation from Darwin + ian
18- Alcohol = borrowed from Arabic
19- La-di-da = reduplication
20- Frigifaere = derivation
2- Googol was inveted by Milton Sirotta when he was asked by
his nephew about a very big number . it is a number which is
followed by 100 zeros. The word formation of googol is
Coinage . and Googolplex was a larger number than Googol
Which is followed by Googol zeros , the word formation of
Googolplex is Derivation , derived from Googol.
3- words ending with ILION like Milion , multimillion , trillion ,
many million …
4- meaning extention + borrowed
5- Idioms : lay it on thick = grossly exaggerate

go overboard = be very enthusiasti,

make a mountain out of a molehill = exaggerate the
importance of something

6- Neat and tidy = clean well organized

Sick and tired = to be bothered
Wait and see = to be patient

7- pass away = dying

Gone to heaven = dying
Sleeping with = having sex
powder your nose = go to toilet
running a little behind = late
8- Slang words
Salty = someone who gets upset over something minor
To ghost someone = when you cut off communication
To flex = showing off

10- Exoplanet = any planet byond solar system

The basis of the word is( exothermic + planet )
It could be blending .
D-GPS = (different global positioning system) , the word
formation is acronym.
Zeptoliter = used in metrology , the word formation is
compound ( zepto + liter )
Geolocation = used to determine the locations , the word
formation is derivation ( geo + location )
Wiki = means Wikipedia , the word formation is clipping
ADDL = animal diseases diagnostic labrotory , the word
formation is acronym
Pre-bang universe = basically what was existing before
the big bang , the word formation is derivation
Picokelvin = used in physics , the word formation is
coinage
11-
chocaholic.
foodaholic.
cokeaholic.
loveaholic.
twitaholic.

Aholic means someone that has been addicted to

something especially alcohol or drugs .
Words that are followed by aholic are usually derived
words according their word-formation.