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

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

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

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.

by Coop Dupe January 8, 2020