Want to do brunch this weekend?

       By now, most of us have used or at least heard of the fun word, brunch.  So what does this word exactly mean? Breakfast and lunch of course! The etymology of this word is just as exciting as using the word.  Did you know that this word was coined in 1895 in Britain as a way to describe a late morning Sunday breakfast for the people who drank to their heart's content on Saturday nights festivities and parties? These people are known as carousers.   This new idea of eating at a later time of day eliminated the need to wake up early on Sundays, thus making one more happy and relaxed. To brunch, has also become a fashionable and social thing to do, were many chose to gather with friends and family to enjoy brunch together in a social manner. So, what time can be classified as the "right time" for brunch? There is not an exact time, but it has been said that if you begin to "brunch" before 10:30AM then it is to early to be described as such. The ideal hours for brunch are recognized to be between the hours of 10:30AM to 2:00PM.  In comparison to brunching in 1895, brunch in our current times is not an obligatory Sunday only event.  We are now known to brunch at any given day of the week.  Even some restaurants, colleges, hotels and etc. are known to offer brunch as part of the menu.  

This small word is packed with multiple word formation processes.  One of the process of formation for this word that we can quickly acknowledge is blending, and this is pretty obvious as we can see that the word was produced by two words(breakfast and lunch). The beginning of breakfast was joined to the end of the word lunch.  This word is also represented as coinage because it was an invented word.  Another word formation process we can identify in this word is analogy for the reason that this word is similar to the word lunch.  In addition this word is classified as a conversion word because although it is a noun we can also use brunch as a verb.  For example, I like to have brunch(noun) every day;  We brunch(verb) only on Sundays.  Finally, we can classify brunch as a borrowing word formation process since the root of the word brunch originated in Britain, yet is very much used world wide.  I chose brunch because I simply enjoy saying it as much as I enjoy doing it. In fact, I just may be having brunch this weekend.  :)