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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)
(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.
Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is loaded with portmanteau words.
by insignis April 15, 2005
Apr 22 Word of the Day
Bro since I got dirtpilled on Tuesday I have made sooo many worm friends and made them soo many little houses to get married in. Me? Lonely? No you’re the lonely one u lawn owning freak
by ecogoth December 30, 2020
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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
by Tojonto June 18, 2006
3
"'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"
by tazio November 19, 2005
4
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.
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?
2. I wonder if the luggage museum has a portmanteau?
by slumdog January 27, 2009
5
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.
(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.
by AKIYAMAMATSU December 30, 2020