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poormanteau 

A portmanteau of "poor man" and "portmanteau". Signifies a word that is a feeble attempt at creating a portmanteau or a feeble attempt at slang in general. It arises most often when someone consciously tries to come up with a slang word or phrase.
The linguistics professor knew much about language, but the slang he came up with was riddled with poormanteaus.

"Poormanteau" is clearly a poormanteau, and perhaps the only meta-poormanteau.
poormanteau by _________________ September 30, 2006
vb. Going well, doing great. Origin unknown.
adj. Great, excellent. Origin unknown
"How are you guys doing?"
"We're bollin'."

That concert last night was bollin'.
bollin' by _________________ September 30, 2006