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Poopmanteau

A portmanteau created by combining a pre-existing word with the word poop. It is itself both a portmanteau and a poopmanteau.
Jake: Man this computer is so slow
Fred: I know. It's more like a compooper, amirite?
Jake: That's a darn good poopmanteau.
by Sieg Reyu June 21, 2010
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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.
by insignis April 15, 2005
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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.
by _________________ September 30, 2006
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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!"
by Lazy Shell February 1, 2013
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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!"
by WhyteBeard August 12, 2016
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portmanteau word

a word arbitrarily formed of two distinct words
chortle, from chuckle and snort; cyclotron, from cycle and electron
by Jessica September 11, 2003
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Internal Portmanteau

Causing a word to become shorter by joining the ends at a common letter. Can be done more than once in long words, or phrases.

IP = Internal Portmanteau
Examples of Internal Portmanteau:

Television --> Tevion (2 IP's) (pronounced "teh-vyun")

Mathematician --> Matician (1 IP) (pronounced "ma-tish-un")

Fabulous! --> Fabus! (1 IP) (pronounced "fab-ous")
by JWBPhayz June 4, 2009
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