Blend words again. More unusual combinations. Quiz

Answer: banana and toffee

So you can see, just like the banana and the toffee combine to make the new dish called "banoffee" so the words combine to make a new word for the new dessert. Hmmm! I wonder whether you could eat it with a "spork".(U.S.A.) Yes, that's right an eating implement that has both a bowl and separate tines or a combination of "spoon" and "fork".

Answer: The putting on of a false working-class London accent.

"Mockney" comes from "mock" and "Cockney". Cockney was originally someone who was born within the sound of Bow Bells (Saint Mary le Bow)and the accent they used. Anyone who assumed this accent for the purpose of acting or just using ridicule could be said to be using "Mockney". "Cor! Stone the crows!"

Answer: a guestimate

The blend word you need is guestimate (also spelled guesstimate) which is formed from "guess" and "estimate". All the other bits of words I threw together to make "midcalc", "approxsuppose" and "conjectimate" contain parts of words meaning guess or calculate probably didn't fool you. This just shows that, though guestimate is an ugly word, you do know it.

Answer: camera

The new blend is "camcorder" which comes from "camera" and "recorder". Did you remember that on blending a part of at least one original word is lost? (Usually both words lose something!) If the words just join together (sometimes with a hyphen -) it is called a compound word. e.g. "desktop".

Answer: education

The new word is "edutainment" and is probably most likely to be used in the world of the media to suggest a programme that both entertains and educates you at the same time, such as "Sesame Street".

Answer: a netizen

A "netizen" is probably derived from "citizen" and "net" (itself a clipped form of "internet"). The word "denizen" meaning a dweller in a particular place is also possibly echoed in the word "netizen".

Answer: Nothing - it's an obsolete form of satellite television reception device

It is a blend of the words "square" and "aerial". It was a flat diamond shape produced by British Satellite Broadcasting which became obsolete when it merged with Sky.

Answer: acting

"Mummerset" is the adoption by an actor of an accent that is strongly rural in tone but which can not really be traced to a particular part of the British Isles. It is probably a blend of "Mummer" - an old fashioned term for actor and "Somerset" - a largely rural county. It is a bit like the opposite of "Mockney" which suggests the city.

Answer: parachute

"Parascending" is the new word for a particularly risky kind of sport. It is the tow launch of a parachute using a car, winch or a speedboat.

Answer: sex

The new blend is "sexational!". Note there is nearly always a ! used with this word. Another two variants that they are fond of are "sexploitation" and "sexpert".