portmanteau purloin

when the government makes you think through esp that someone knows your whereabouts and is talking about you which distracts you from your daily tasks.

The portmanteau purloin put the majority of Americans living paycheck to paycheck because they couldn't pay attention.

by Coop Dupe January 8, 2020

Portmanteaupreneur

A derrogative portmanteau of the words portmanteau and entrepreneur, that refers to a relatively recent trend in certain online communities (usually in the online marketing & life coaching niches) of people trying to oversell their skills & services by using a whole slew of different portmanteaus involving the word "entrepreneur" while describing themselves.

Did you read her bio? It wrote: "I'm a 29 year old woman from Georgia helping other femmepreneurs like me to 10x their passive income careers!"

Also, the author of the "portmanteaupreneur" entry on UD is such a portmanteaupreneur! (meta)

by Tlukinic July 23, 2020

portmanteau

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

Awful portmanteau words include "brangelina", "craptacular", "adorkable" and "soquid".

by Tojonto June 19, 2006

portmanteau

"'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 December 26, 2005

portmanteautaled

When your vehicle is damaged beyond repair as a result of wrecking it while trying to drive and text newly created words at the same time.

While driving and trying to use his iPhone to update his Facebook status to share the clever new word he came up with, Kenneth wrecked his car and portmanteautaled it.

by nachocylinder December 11, 2010

portmanteau

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.

1. Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words "wienie" and "encyclopedia".

2. I wonder if the luggage museum has a portmanteau?

by slumdog January 27, 2009

Portmanteaus

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

Most people realize "Brunch" is a portmanteaus, but what about "Internet?"

by Olive989 March 27, 2023