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portmanteau

(n): a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
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4 months ago Nycanthro said:

I rather like "chillax". Reminds me of languid summer nights on my friend's rooftop listening to Marley and drinking gin&tonics.

Feminazi is pretty deplorable. And way too broadly applied.

Any opinions on infotain, imagineer or Blacksploitation?

4 months ago thesaraheffect said:

Words like mimsy or chortle may be acceptable applications but most often this results in disgusting amalgamations such as "chillaxing" or that most irritating practice of combining the names of celebrity couples to form a word that somehow represents the relationship.

about 1 year ago seanahan said:

Officially starting a tagging movement to use this word as a tag for appropriate words.

about 1 year ago slumry said:

Hobot--I like the image. Imagine an unemployed robot coming to your door wanting to chop wood for his supper. That's time travel.

about 1 year ago slumry said:

One hundred served!

over 2 years ago tulgey said:

Still a productive method for word formation - latest example: digistraction ... something we all suffer from, more or less

over 2 years ago dann said:

Originally a suitcase opening up into two separate compartments. Lewis Carroll was the first to apply it to words, via Humpty Dumpty discussing slithy in Jabberwocky. Other nice examples are spork and chortle (the latter also due to Carroll).

over 2 years ago uselessness said:

I had a weird dream last night involving a fake Louisiana steamboat named the Portmanteau. I blame this site for invading my subconscious.

over 2 years ago tomsteele said:

most overused word on wikipedia!

over 2 years ago inkhorn said:

Good news, everyone! I've taught the toaster to feel love!

over 2 years ago born2badored said:

I don't want anyone thinking were robosexuals, so if anyone asks, your just my debugger.

over 2 years ago marco_nj said:

smoke + fog = smog
hobo + robot = hobot

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