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.

portmanteau by insignis April 15, 2005

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".

portmanteau 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"

portmanteau by tazio December 26, 2005

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?

portmanteau by slumdog January 27, 2009

Portmanteau 

When two words are combined together making a new word!

Clone: HOLA!
(gunshot)
Clone: Adios!
Dan: Who was that?
Tom: That was Spanish Dan, I called him Span.
Dan: why?
Tom: It's a portmanteau of Spanish and Dan.

Portmanteau by AKIYAMAMATSU December 30, 2020

portmanteau word 

a word arbitrarily formed of two distinct words

chortle, from chuckle and snort; cyclotron, from cycle and electron

portmanteau word by Jessica September 11, 2003

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.

portmanteau purloin by Coop Dupe January 8, 2020