lexeme
semantic unit of a language lexicon such as a word or multi-word expression (e.g. "steam iron"), as a set of inflected forms and not one particular inflected form, with a meaning that cannot be understood from the meanings of separate components
-ism
suffix in many words
clitic
morpheme with syntactic characteristics of a word but with phonological dependence on another word; e.g. ⟨-’m⟩ in ⟨I’m⟩ or ⟨-’ve⟩ in ⟨I’ve⟩; the possessive ⟨-’s⟩, the article ⟨a(n)⟩, and the infinitive marker ⟨to⟩ are sometimes considered clitics
Synapsis
union of two lexemes written in two different words and joined by a preposition
colloquial expression
linguistic element peculiar to colloquial speech
listed words
groups of Czech and Slovak words written with “y” instead of “i” after one of b, f, l, m, n, p, s, v, z
become ungovernable
slogan
obscurity
condition of being difficult to understand or known by people
Whiteness theory
sociological theory
political Blackness
concept within racial studies
etymon
word form from which another word originated
it
third-person neuter singular personal pronoun
derivative
derived word
shtick
comic theme or gimmick
sentence-final particle
Words that qualify sentences
compound
lexeme that consists of more than one stem
phrasal verb
English phrase, combining a verb and a particle and/or a preposition, forming a non-compositional single semantic unit; e.g. “turn down”, “run into”, “look after”, “pick on”
word taboo
taboo involving restrictions on language