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Malamanteau 

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A neologism for a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a neologism. It is itself a portmanteau of 'malapropism' and 'portmanteau'.
"That was textuous."
"Haha, now that's a malamanteau."
"A what?"
"Don't tell me you haven't seen xkcd.com/739 yet!"
Malamanteau by TelepathicTwins May 11, 2010
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Malamanteau 

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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 • Malamantoaster • mantmanteau

malamanteau 

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(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
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malamanteau 

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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
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Malamantoaster 

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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.
Malamantoaster by Awesome Welles May 14, 2010
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mantmanteau 

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