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portmantbro 

A portmanteau is where two or more words are combined to make a new word (e.g. bootylicious, turducken).

A portmantbro is a portmanteau where one of combined words is "bro" (e.g. brogrammer, broga, humphrey brogart, broadkill, etc).
Me: I tried going to broga for the first time yesterday, turns out it was a bunch of brogrammers. I was totally broadkill.

Grandma: Can you go a single sentence without using a portmantbro?

Me: Chillax Humphrey Brogart.
portmantbro by Loren David Newman January 4, 2013
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portmanteau 

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)
smog is the combination of smoke and fog

Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is loaded with portmanteau words.
portmanteau by insignis April 15, 2005
<guy> "I really like Natalie Portman."

<girl> "Oh, you suffer from Portmania."
Portmania by Michael Kerr May 24, 2005

Portmanthusiast 

One who is such an enthusiast of combining two or more words into a new word, that they describe this passion by creating a portmanteau (a combination of two or more words into a new word) with the words enthusiast and portmanteau.
The word portmanthusiast is a portmanteau
Portmanthusiast by bTreezy August 3, 2012

portmantno 

A portmanteau of two words that is useless, nonsensical or just not worth saying, like most of the words on this site.
-Yo what up homoslice!
-Man, just because I'm gay and your friend doesn't mean you need to call me a "homoslice", and that is just a portmantno of two already stupid words, homo and homeslice.
portmantno by Jordan Zuppa September 25, 2007

Portmanteauwned 

Adj.: Port-maun-TONED.

Used to describe being targeted by a particularly clever insult or witticism that uses a portmanteau, or combination of two or more words, as a punchline. It can also be used sarcastically, for example after an especially weak pun.

The word is a portmanteau itself, of "portmanteau" and "owned." As a result, timely usage of the word can count as an example of itself.
"Dude, there's a poltergeist in my chicken coop!"
"Don't you mean a...poultrygiest?"
"Oh, shit, I've been portmanteauwned!"
Portmanteauwned by Lazy Shell February 1, 2013

Freudian Portmanteau 

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!"