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malamanteau

(pl. malamanteaux)

A neologism for a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a neologism. It is itself a neologism, a malapropism and a portmanteau (of malapropism and portmanteau).
Somebody describes his misunderstanding of what someone was saying by stating, "I misconscrewed it up."
Someone explains his inability to talk while being upset by saying he was "flustrated."
A meaningful malamanteau is "ambiviolent," as in: "Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill was ambiviolent. She didn't know who to kill first."
George W. Bush's inadvertent malamanteau "misunderestimated" has entered common usage.
Someone describes being misinformed as "being miscommunicado", a mixture of miscommunicate and incommunicado.
The discussion in the wikipedia page for 'Malamanteau' is a "Wikibroidery" (Wikibroglio)
by Brazilian Joe May 14, 2010
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maleja

Ancient book of right and wrong. Consulted for the great honorable greeks. The leyend says that once a year she turns into a beautiful woman and comes down to earth to spread love and peace through a wonderful green element that makes you laugh a loooot!
maybe you should check the maleja before you hit that.

look at that , she could be maleja
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"Dubs" the dawg is the mascot for the Huskies, but when the team is losing he ceases being a husky or malamute and magically transforms into a malmatoot.
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“hey have you heard of maemae?”
“you mean the most wonderful person to ever exist? of course!”
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"dude you wanna hangout and stop being such a moleman.
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moleman

a person who spends their days next to the computer all day long. Moles usually spend their time cooped up in their little holes and so this relates to how the "moleman" people are on the computer for the whole day.

you can also use this expression for a woman.. molewoman
Bob: Hey Sharyll what did you do last weekend
Sharyll: Nothing really just stayed in my room and browsed the internet.
Bob: what a molewoman.
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malamanteau

A malamanteau is a neologism for a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a neologism. It is itself a portmanteau.
He just incorrectly used malamanteau in a sentence.
by fornicatia May 11, 2010
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