The combination of two or more words to create a new word. Also known as a frankenword or blend.
(sources: tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms and the wikipedia)
(sources: tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms and the wikipedia)
smog is the combination of smoke and fog
Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is loaded with portmanteau words.
Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is loaded with portmanteau words.
by insignis April 15, 2005
a cliche and uncreative technique to form new words - almost anyone who can speak a language can fabricate words by butchering two perfectly good words and using cheap glue to form one ugly word
by Tojonto June 19, 2006
"'A large leather suitcase.' from French, port- (carry) and manteau (cloak)." Source: Dictionary.com(www.dictionary.com), retrieved 11/19/05.
"...sent her things on ahead via two steamer trunks, a hatbox, and an enormous portmanteau, covered in crocodile"
by tazio November 20, 2005
1. an archaic word used by prissy netymologists on Wikipedia and Word Spy that means a blend word. A word formed by combining parts of two words
2. a two-compartment suitcase that has not been manufactured since the 1800s.
2. a two-compartment suitcase that has not been manufactured since the 1800s.
1. Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words "wienie" and "encyclopedia".
2. I wonder if the luggage museum has a portmanteau?
2. I wonder if the luggage museum has a portmanteau?
by slumdog January 27, 2009
When two words are blended together to create one word, using only a portion of each word.
Examples:
(Internet)=Interconnected + Network
(Brunch)= Breakfast + Lunch
(Moped)= Motor + Pedal
(Bash)= Bang + Smash
Examples:
(Internet)=Interconnected + Network
(Brunch)= Breakfast + Lunch
(Moped)= Motor + Pedal
(Bash)= Bang + Smash
by Olive989 March 28, 2023
Clone: HOLA!
(gunshot)
Clone: Adios!
Dan: Who was that?
Tom: That was Spanish Dan, I called him Span.
Dan: why?
Tom: It's a portmanteau of Spanish and Dan.
(gunshot)
Clone: Adios!
Dan: Who was that?
Tom: That was Spanish Dan, I called him Span.
Dan: why?
Tom: It's a portmanteau of Spanish and Dan.
by AKIYAMAMATSU December 30, 2021
When a Freudian Slip occurs whitin a single word and it forms a new word out of two or more words that previously existed separately.
Freudian Portmanteau: "These Notifuckations won't go away!"
by WhyteBeard March 5, 2016