David, The linguistic term is "lexical blend." Best. -- Gerald -----Original Message----- From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Barnhart Sent: Wed 5/12/2004 7:20 PM To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: sancture ...Is this a fusion of sanction and sensure? ...What ought I to call this kind of compound/suffixation? Regards, David barnhart at highlands.com