On the formation of colloquial neologisms in the area of contemporary TV shows’ audience

In this paper we aim to explore the word-formation processes of colloquial neologisms relating to the audience of contemporary TV shows. Our research focuses on the scripted TV series, which were released or airing after the year 2010. Prior to the nature of television series, which is to appeal to the masses, many new words were created by the viewers. These words most commonly denote the audience of a particular TV show and may be considered colloquial neologisms. The word-formation processes of such words include mostly blending, affixation and shortenings resulting from the morphological, sematic or phonological bases.