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
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")
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