Portmansheau

A comedy podcast SHOW started in 2011 and renamed "Portmanteau" because of the talented use of portmanteaus throughout. The podcast's and still going strong as of 2024: "Sophisticated toilet humor."

Can't wait to record another weekly episode of Portmansheau tonight!

by anonymous December 12, 2024

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

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

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

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

portmanbreau

All bro-related puns that take the form of portmanteaus, eg: 'bromance,' 'broment' or 'Bromeo.'

"So me and my bro are on the brofa, trying to read about Bronald Reagan, bröt instead we brocrastinate and watch 'Knocked Up' with Seth Brogen. Dude, it's brotally a bromantic comedy, bro."

"Yikes, lighten up with the portmanbreaus, okay?"

by w storie February 12, 2009

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