Let’s play with words.

Let’s play with words

Some English words are created by blending two words together. Can you find out which two words were blended into one in the following new words?

Key:

Do you know what the words mean? Read the definitions.

phubbing: – the act of ignoring someone who is talking to you because you are too busy checking your mobile phone

electrocute: – to kill someone using electricity

smog: – air pollution in a city

moobs: – fat on a man’s chest that makes it look like as if he has breasts

glamping: – holidaying in a luxury tent with all modern conveniences

smirting: – indulging in a cigarette while chatting someone up

bromance: – a close but non-sexual relationship between two men

netiquette: – the rules of correct or polite behaviour among Internet users

screenager: – a young person who spends (too) many hours online

bridezilla: – a difficult, unpleasant, perfectionist wife-to-be

chugger: – a person who stops you in the street to bully you into making regular donations to charity

sextexting: – the sending of sexually explicit photos, images, text messages, or e-mails by using a cell phone or other mobile device

romcom: – a film or television comedy based around the romantic relationships of the characters

postaholic: – An attention-seeker who compulsively, addictively blogs or posts to a social networking site many times a day.

appreneur: – An appreneur is an entrepreneur who works in the mobile device application industry and has made a lot of money with applications.

chillax: – to calm down and relax