New words formed by putting together parts of existing

words are known as blends or portmanteau words.

Did you know that ?

The combination of the noun phone and the verb snub

which means to deliberately ignore someone you know

(phubbing) is starting to appear in some online dictio -

-naries just because nowadays most people cannot avoid

looking down at their phones while talking to someone.

http://educ305jb.blogspot.com.br/

http://www.thedailytouch.com/max/what-is-phubbing-and-why-do-we-do-it/

There is a nice conversation you can listen to about

phubbing below .Just click on the link ,ok ? After lis-

-tening to it, make a list with the seven words point-

-ed out ,at the end of the conversation, and make up

your own sentences with them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/persian/features/6-minute-english/ep-160331