English (abbreviations)

• Homophones


  • Ring
  • Ding
• Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings
• Homographs


  Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and may be pronounced differently
• Homographs


  • Sun
  • Bon
• Abbreviations


  • RIP: Rest in peace
  • BBQ: Barbecue
  • PhD: Doctor of philosophy
• Initialisms


  Abbreviations formed from the first letters of each word in a phrase, pronounced as individual letters
• Initialisms


  • OMG
• Acronyms


  Abbreviations formed from the first letters of each word in a phrase, pronounced as a word
• Acronyms


  • HISA
• Clipped words


  Words formed by removing the middle or end of a longer word
• Clipped words


  • Fridge
• Truncation


  Forming a word by removing the first part of a longer word
• Truncation


  • Man (from Monday)
• Aphesis


  Removing the first stressed syllable from a word
• Aphesis


  • Cause (from Because)
• Portmanteau


  A word formed by blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two different words
• Portmanteau


  • Motel (from Motor + Hotel)