| A | B |
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| malapropism | a humorous misuse of a word sounding like the one intended |
| simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared |
| colloquial | informal speech |
| palindrome | a word or sentence that reads the same backward or forward |
| acronym | a word or name formed by combining the first letters of words in a series |
| coinage | the invention of new words |
| affix | word part, such as a prefix or suffix, that is attached to a base or root |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word that imitates what it stands for |
| portmanteau | a word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two words |
| spoonerism | an interchange of the initial sounds of two or more words |
