The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Blends. Blends (also known as portmanteau words) are words created by joining words together - usually parts of two words. For example, a "sitcom" on television is a blend made from "situation comedy". Try to decide which pairs of words make up the following blends. Definitions are supplied in brackets when a word's meaning may be unclear. Answers here.
1. Motel
2. Brunch (a meal eaten late in the morning)
3. Benelux (three countries)
4. Bollywood
5. Emoticon
6. Avionics (equipment for aircraft and space vehicles)
7. Bit (a unit of information or memory)
8. Transistor
9. Blunge (to mix clay, etc. with water)
10. Electret (a permanently polarized dielectric material)
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