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Brain Word

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  • 10-01-2006 9:48pm
    #1
    MuffinMonster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭


    Smoke and fog give us smog. Breakfast and lunch give us brunch.
    What is the name given to these type of words that blend two words together?


    And another one.........


    THINK can become BRAIN by changing one letter at a time.
    Each alteration must give a new acceptable word.
    What is the least number of changes you can make and what are they?


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    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,164 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    A blend.

    Here's two more: infopedia and edutainment.


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    zippo22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭zippo22


    MuffinMonster wrote:
    Smoke and fog give us smog. Breakfast and lunch give us brunch.
    What is the name given to these type of words that blend two words together

    I'm open to contradiction but I think they're called "portmanteau" words.


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    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,579 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    from dictionary.com

    portmanteau

    n 1: a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau"


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    The Free Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭The Free Man


    and don't forget barse!


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    MuffinMonster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭MuffinMonster


    Cheers:) . Can anybody solve the second one?:(


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    [Deleted User]
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    7 - Think, Thick, Trick, Track, Tract, Trait, Train, Brain


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    #8
    MuffinMonster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭MuffinMonster


    Thanks again.:v:


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    MatthewVII
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    Looks like Muffin Monster got a hold of the Ashbourne annual school christmas fundraiser quiz


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