To attach a part to the beginning or end of a word.

The invention of new words

A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word.

Typical of informal language usage; conversational

An often comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words

An expression that contains contradictory terms.

A word or an expression that is spelled the same backward as forward; such as rotor and civic.

A word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words: Chunnel (tunnel + channel)

indicates small size, youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt.