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What are the words which 'workaholic' come from?
WORK + ALCOHOLIC
What does 'FBI' stand for?
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
The word 'BRA' is the short form of...
BRASSIERE
The word _______ is the combination of breakfast + lunch.
BRUNCH
The acronym ASAP is the initial letters for...
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Hybrid cars can reduce _______ by up to 90% and can get much better fuel economy than a normal engine. (smoke+fog)
SMOG
Digital cameras makers have been working hard to pack more _______ into smaller and smaller packages. (picture + element)
PIXELS
My drama club rehearses once a _________. (fourteen + nights)
FORTNIGHT
Why have you put __________ all over your essay? It looks so childish. (emotion + icons)
EMOTICONS
You're hilarious! You should have your own _______! (situation + comedy)
SITCOM
What does 'DIY' in "I'm afraid I'm hopeless at DIY" stand for?
DO IT YOURSELF
It's the combination of calm down and relax.
CHILLAX
It's technically an acronym. It comes from the humorous alteration of "all correct."
OK or OKAY
This word has been named as word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries in 2013. The word has evolved from a niche social media tag into a mainstream term for a self-portrait photograph, the editors said.
SELFIE
This word describes somebody who becomes angry because of the fact that they haven't eaten for a long time.
HANGRY (hungry + angry)
This word is used to refer to the U.K.'s decision in a June 23, 2016 referendum to leave the European Union.
BREXIT
It's a form of camping involving accomodations and facilities more luxurious than those associatedwith traditional camping.
GLAMPING
It's a place where there are no people living in.
UNINHABITED
What word is the abbreviation of 'God be with you'?
GOODBYE
It's a standardized test used to evaluate suitability for college admission in the US, similar to our ENEM.
SAT
The word 'breathalyzed' in "The police breathalyzed him at the scene and he was three times over the legal drink driving limit" comes from the combination of ____ + _____.
BREATH + ANALYZE
Give us the acronym, and say it in full, used to describe a number of potentially life-threatening infections and illnesses that happen when your immune system has been severely damaged by the HIV virus.
AIDS = ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
Based upon a statistical analysis of words that are looked up in extremely high numbers in the online dictionary while also showing a significant year-over-year increase in traffic, Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2020 is _______.
PANDEMIC
What does UNESCO stand for?
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
________ are proper words created from the initial letter of the words in a phrase, and they are pronounced like other words.
ACRONYMS