Some films feature BLOOPERS during the end credits.
Derivation (add -er)
A person who is considered both a friend and a rival is called a FRENEMY.
Blending (friend + enemy)
Many famous people today are NEPO BABIES.
Clipping (nepotism) + compounding (nepo+baby)
Why do you think conversion is also called 'NULL DERIVATION' or zero derivation?
Often, we create new words by adding affixes (un+healthy). In conversion, a new meaning is added but the word doesn't change (zero affixes are added).
The president of the company will be here today to CHAIR the meeting.
Conversion ( a chair, piece of furniture - to chair, to preside a meeting)
The wolf ate little red riding hood's GRANNY.
Hypocorism (grandmother - gran+y)
My friend LIZZIE is great!
Hypocorism (Elizabeth - Liz+ie)
My cousin is an Elvis IMPERSONATOR.
Derivation (im- person -ator)
My dad is a BIKER with the Hell's Angels.
CLIPPING (motorbike - bike) & DERIVATION (bike -r)
I've always wanted to drive a MOTORBIKE.
Compounding (motor + bike) *bike has been previously clipped*
The seventies were the DISCO years!
Clipping (discotheque - disco) *discotheque was previously borrowed from the French*
Musical BIOPIC 'Back to Black' focuses on the late Amy Winehouse.
Blending (biographic + picture) *as in 'moving picture' = film)
The ease with which the actress EMOTES this complex character deserves full marks.
Backformation (emotion - emote)
I like to try different food but I've never understood KIMCHI.
Borrowing (from Korean)
My daugher does not like PIZZA. She prefers salads.
Borrowing (from Italian)
Finishing all my work on time is going to be a HERCULEAN task.
Eponym (Hercules) + Derivation (-ean)
