новообразования

The article analyzes expressive ways of creating new lexical units. The material consists of contexts of various contents extracted from the open resources of the Telegram messenger in the space of 2021–2023. Research methods and techniques include continuous sampling, the descriptive method with elements of interpretive analysis, word-formation analysis. New nominations formed with the help of contamination have been identified. Such word-forming neologisms are used to create a comic effect.

The article considers abbreviations as key elements of social and cultural space in the language of mass media. The paper closely focuses on the following language units as the initial lexemes: IGIL (ISIS), WADA, SMI (mass media), OPEC etc. The author shows that abbreviated names reflect currently relevant phenomena in the life of the Russian society, and perform an expressive and influencing function.