| Type | Examples |
| Word Formation > Compounding > Closed Compounds | Armpit, briefcase, cowboy, deadline, earring, forehead, goldfish, handcuffs, inmate, jailhouse, voicemail, wallpaper, yearbook, zookeeper |
| Word Formation > Compounding > Copulative Compounds | Attorney-client, actor/model |
| Word Formation > Compounding > Hyphenated Compounds | African-American, open-minded, panic-stricken, rear-view, tree-lined, under-aged, voice-mail, wide-eyed |
| Word Formation > Compounding > Multi-Word Compounds | Over-the-top, jack-in-the-box, sister-in-law, ten-year-old, all-you-can-eat, head-to-head, back-and-forth, ball-and-chain |
| Word Formation > Compounding > Open Compounds | Anxiety attack, bachelor pad, candy bar, end zone, fast food, nose dive, olive branch, palm tree, quarter mile, rag doll, school bus |
| Word Formation > Derivation > Affixation > Prefix | Understand, overdrive, overhand, underhanded, overstate, under-appreciated |
| Word Formation > Derivation > Affixation > Suffix | Awesome, handsome, bothersome, hardware, software, clockwise |
| Word Formation > Derivation > Affixation > Infix | Unbloodybelievable (bloody + unbelievable), fanbloomingtastic (blooming + fantastic) |
| Word Formation > Derivation > Non-Affixation > Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms, Anacronyms | AOL (America Online), DMV (Dept. of Motor Vehicles), mph (miles per hour), MTV (music television), VCR (video cassette recorder), Yuppie (Young Urban Professional), radar (radio detecting and ranging) |
| Word Formation > Derivation > Non-Affixation > Blend Words | Medevac (medical + evacuation), motel (motor hotel), guesstimate (guess + estimate), camcorder (camera + recorder), helipad (helicopter + pad) |
| Word Formation > Derivation > Non-Affixation > Clipped Words | Internet (internetwork), hi-fi (high-fidelity), email (electronic mail), slo-mo (slow-motion), vid-com (video + communication) |
| Word Formation > Derivation > Non-Affixation > Conversion | Eyeball (as noun or as verb) |