Blending

What are blends?

A blend, in morphology, is a word formed from parts of two or more words. In this sense blending is a process, among other processes, of creating new words.
Examples:

• brunch = breakfast + lunch
• Breathalyzer = breath + analyzer
• camcorder = camera + recorder
• emoticon = emote + icon
• motel = motor car + hotel
• Globish = global + English
• sitcom = situation + comedy
• smog = smoke + fog
• Spork = spoon + fork
• workaholic = work + alcoholic