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Malamanteau 

A word defined to infuriate Wikipedia editors
Since an xkcd comic showed a Wikipedia article entitled "Malamanteau" people keep on trying to create the article!
Malamanteau by SteveD May 12, 2010
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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)
malamanteau by Brazilian Joe May 14, 2010

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.
malamanteau by fornicatia May 11, 2010

Malamantoaster 

A neoglism for a dysfunctional toaster. Often large, or 'man' sized toasters. The word itself is a portmanteau of 'malady', 'man', and 'toaster', or conversly 'malapropism' and 'portmantoaster'.
Oh man, burnt toast AGAIN. We should throw out that malamantoaster.

mantmanteau 

A portmanteau that uses the same word twice, like amalgamalgam or of course mantmanteau.
Amalgamalgam is a mantmanteau.
mantmanteau by ARSTNEIO November 3, 2023

Shackteâu

A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.
Shackteâu by ez-dog June 4, 2026
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