slithy

A conversation with Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking-Glass:

"Well, slithy means 'lithe and slimy.' 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau—there are two meanings packed up into one word."

"I see it now," Alice remarked thoughtfully: "and what are toves?"

Makes me feel all mimsy...

I just want to put in a word for the tove community.

He could speak with any resident adult in any language, but more notable was his ability to understand the chattery squirrels and chipmunks, the silent signals of the ants and beetles, and the slithy semaphores of the slugs and worms that moved above and through his earth.
--William Kennedy, 1983, Ironweed