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Lesson 1 - Our Evolving Language

Metonymy means:
An invented word
The use of closely related word as a substitute
Conversational
A suffix indicating smallness
Affix means:
A prefix or suffix
A word formed from two other words
A word made from first letters
An expression with contradictory words
Colloquial means:
An expression with contradictory words
A comical switching of the first sounds of words
Conversational
A suffix indicating smallness
Palindrome means:
A word spelled the same backward and forward
The use of closely related word as a substitute
A prefix or suffix
A word formed from two other words
Coinage means:
A comical switching of the first sounds of words
An invented word
A word spelled the same backward and forward
A word made from first letters
Portmanteau word means:
An expression with contradictory words
A prefix or suffix
The use of closely related word as a subtitute
A word formed from two other words
Spoonersim means:
Conversational
A comical switching of the first sounds of words
A word formed from two other words
A suffix indicating smallness
Diminutive means:
The use of closely related word as a subtitute
An expression with contradictory words
A suffix indicating smallness
An invented word
An easy _________ to remember is noon
Spoonersim
Oxymoron
Palindrome
Coinage
Taken literally, silent scream is a (n) ________
Oxymoron
Palindrome
Dimunitive
Colloquialism
The ________ -less and -ful have opposite meanings
Coinages
Affixes
Metonymy
Diminutives
The substitution of "sons of toil" for "tons of soil" is a(n) ________
Dimunitve
Spoonersm
Acronym
Palindrome
Slanguage is a good example of a (n)
Spoonerism
Metonymy
Oxymoron
Portmanteau word
The ________ dachshund had the bark of much larger dog.
Diminutive
Metonymic
Coined
Oxymoronic
MADD is a(n) ________ for mothers against drunk driving
Metonym
Oxymoron
Coinage
Acronym
Saying that the United States signed a treaty is a clear use of __________
Spoonersim
Colloquialism
Metonymy
Coinage
English ________ also arise from new technologies and from popular culture.
New words
Abbreviations
Informal words
Nicknames
Many additions to english vocabulary starts as ________
Abbreviation
Informal words
Contradictions
Sound-switches
The suffix -y is used to form
Slang
Attachments
Nichnames
Abbreviations
Finally, ________ words appear in many word puzzles.
Contradictory
Attached
Combined
Backward-forward
________ also make communication more efficient.
New words
Combined words
Figurative words
Affectionate words
________ are another odd wrinkle in our language.
New words
Abbreviations
Contradictions
Nicknames
________ are another way of communicating by using abbreviations.
Contradictions
Attachments
New words
First-letter words
________ allow us to speak and write figuratively
Nonliteral substitutions
Combinations
Slang words
Attachments
Lend a hand is a ________ expression meaning "to provide help" (Metonymy)
Metonymic
Metonymilsm
Metonymiced
Metonyms
The ________ of Daniel is Danny. (Diminutive)
Diminutivley
Diminutive
Diminutives
Diminutivelism
"Hang a right" is a ________ that means "turn right". (Colloquial)
Colloquial
Colloquiality
Colloquialism
Colloquialer
One of the longest words in the English languages, antidisestablishmentarianism, has five ________. (Affix)
Affixes
Affixal
Affix
Affixer
At the age of nine, Milton Sirotta ________ the term googol to refer to the number I followed by one hundred zeros.(Coinage)
Coinage
Coinages
Coinaged
Coingalism
"Wave the sails" is a ________ of the well-known environmental slogan used to encourage the protection of whales.(spoonerism)
Spoonerismed
Spoonerisms
Spoonersimal
Spoonerism
Some common examples of _______ expressions are "alone together", "virtual reality", and "a fine mess". (Oxymoron)
Oxymoronic
Oxymoronism
Oxymoron
Oxymoroned
A Man, a Plan, a Canal: Panama is a ________ used as the title for a 1948 book by Leigh Mercer.(Palindrome)
Palandromed
Palandrome
Palandromic
Palandromesim
An example of a metonym for the planet earth.
Soil
Globe
Rock
Moon
A colloquial expression
Farewell
See you tommorow
Goodbye
I'm outta here
The most recent coinage
E-mail
Fire
Planet
Airplane
An oxymoron
ATM machine
University school
Fit athlete
Small fortune
One kind of affix
Nix
Suffix
Styx
Matchsticks
Something that is most diminutive
Mouse
Moose
Maple tree
Mountain
Spoonerism of "ease my tears"
Fleas in years
Tear my eyes
Rip my fears
Tease my ears
The letter that appears at the beginning of a Palindrome that ends with letter a
A
B
C
Z
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