Each example gives the affix, the source word(s) from which it was formed, the meaning, and examples. This list does not include: • affixes based on English words like
tech or
burger used literally, even if they are shortened forms, in this case, for
technology and
hamburger; • affixes which are aligned in form and meaning with their etymological source, like
-(o)cracy or
-orama in
cyclorama and
diorama from 'spectacle';
motorama is a portmanteau of
motor and
orama, not a compound of
mot- and
-orama; • words which have been separated from phrases,
e.g. fu from
kung fu.
English Suffixes ;
-(i)ana :related to a given person, place, period ::
Churchilliana,
Americana,
Victoriana ;
-ase :an enzyme ::
lactase,
polymerase ;
-cation :kinds of vacation ::
staycation,
girlcation ;
-copter :having a spinning rotor allowing for flight ::
gyrocopter ;
-core : aesthetic, hardcore punk derivatives, hardcore techno derivatives ::
speedcore,
grindcore,
cottagecore,
bardcore ;
-dar :the skill of detecting qualities or things ::
gaydar,
humordar,
Jewdar ;
-erati :groups of people with common interests ::
digerati,
glitterati ;
-flation :economic inflation in a particular field ::
tipflation,
stagflation,
shrinkflation ;
-gasm :an intensely pleasurable experience ::
foodgasm,
cargasm,
shoegasm,
nerdgasm ;
-gate :a scandal ::
gamergate,
troopergate; see
List of "-gate" scandals ;
-(m)(a)geddon :major disasters (usually facetious) ::
carmageddon,
snowgeddon,
Irmageddon ;
-(a)holic,
-(a)holism :addict(ed) ::
shopaholic,
workaholic,
sexaholic; see
English terms suffixed with -holic ;
-kini :type of bathing suit ::
burkini,
monokini,
tankini,
mankini ;
-(i/e/a/∅)licious :a high degree of some property (usually jocular) ::
bootylicious,
babelicious,
yummalicious,
sacrilicious,
crunchalicious ;
-(o)nomics :an economic policy or philosophy ::
Reaganomics,
freakonomics ;
-ola :used to form commercial products; later, for forms of bribery ::
Victrola,
moviola,
shinola;
payola,
plugola ;
-oma :a kind of tumor, swelling, or cancer ::
melanoma,
adenoma,
papilloma ;
-ome,
-omics : a map of a biological system; and other uses in biology ::
connectome,
proteome;
biome,
rhizome,
vacuome ;
-on :an elementary particle or quasiparticle ::
proton,
neutron,
meson,
phonon,
etc.; see
List of particles ;
-preneur :an entrepreneur in some domain ::
intrapreneur,
ecopreneur,
mompreneur ;
-pocalypse : a catastrophic event ::
snowpocalypse,
robopocalypse,
beepocalypse ;
-tard :people who are foolish or stupid;
pejorative ::
fucktard,
libtard ;
-(a)thon,
-a-thon :that last a long time or require remarkable endurance ::
walkathon,
telethon,
hackathon ;
-tron ::
frankenfood,
frankenplant,
frankenscience ;
glut- :related to glutamic acid, one of the
amino acids ::
glutamine,
glutamate ;
heli- :types of helicopters; related to helicopters ::
helibus;
helipad,
heliport,
helidrome,
heliborne ;
hyper- :related to hypertext ::
hyperlink,
hypermedia ;
oxy-, oxi- :related to oxygen ::
oxytocin,
oximeter,
oxycodone ;
petro- :related to petroleum ::
petrodollar,
petrochemical,
petrocurrency ;
syn- :synthetic; related to (musical) synthesizers ::
syngas,
synfuel,
syncrude,
Synclavier Italian Suffix ;
-opoli :a scandal ::
Bancopoli,
Calciopoli Portuguese (Brazil) Suffix ;
-ão : a scandal ::
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