Abstract
Most linguistic trends accept the fact that meaning is one of the components of language that is most prone to change; it is possible to divide words in minimal units called morphemes; which; as all the other units of language that carry meaning; may broaden meaning through usage. Thus; this research is centered on the analysis of the Spanish morpheme -itis ; which generally adds to the root of the word the meaning ‘inflammation of’. However; we have found examples of usage; such as ambicionitis or caviaritis ; which are impossible to be glossed as ‘inflammation of ambition’ or ‘inflammation of caviar’. This research reveals that there are at least two innovative meanings associated to this suffix; and it analyses the phenomenons of language use involved in its polysemy: metaphor and metonymy.
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