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What's the term for a long word that's made up of two shorter ones?

Asked by longgone (19767points) January 18th, 2016

Words such as “butterfly” or “cheerleader”.

I must be getting tired.

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Compound word.

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^ My saviour! Thanks!!

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Stinley's avatar

There is also portmanteau words which blend two words into one like smoke + fog = smog

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longgone's avatar

^ That term I had floating around in my tired mind, but the simple term for two words joined up was simply gone. Thanks, though, for teaching me about the origin of “smog”!

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