Entertainment / Literature / Blending: Making a neologism by taking two or more existing expressions and shortening at least one of them. Examples include such as smog (from smoke and fog), motel (from motor and hotel), and brunch (from breakfast and lunch), workaholic (from work and alcoholic) or Lewis Carroll's chortle (chuckle and snort). Contrast with compounding.
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Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Tsaoussi: Pronounced 'tsa oo see'. Mainly cultivated on the island of Cephalonia, Greece where it is used to produce pleasant light white wines used for blending with others such as Robola. MORE