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Be careful about your response to that facebook post on inequality, it's sounding a little portmandoe!
by KitLit September 5, 2015
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smog is the combination of smoke and fog
Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is loaded with portmanteau words.
Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is loaded with portmanteau words.
by insignis April 15, 2005
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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.
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!"
"Don't you mean a...poultrygiest?"
"Oh, shit, I've been portmanteauwned!"
by Lazy Shell February 1, 2013
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by WhyteBeard August 12, 2016
Get the Freudian Portmanteau mug.(n) 1. a portmanteau of "portmanteau" and "homo" that describes portmanteaus that combine LGBT words with other words to create new, gayer words.
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by Carran Weberson December 6, 2010
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2. the same being experienced when one finally understands a portmanteau
2. the same being experienced when one finally understands a portmanteau
Timothy had a portmantorgasm in the middle of the cafeteria after realizing that "spork" came from "spoon" and "fork".
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