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portmantbro 

A portmanteau is where two or more words are combined to make a new word (e.g. bootylicious, turducken).

A portmantbro is a portmanteau where one of combined words is "bro" (e.g. brogrammer, broga, humphrey brogart, broadkill, etc).
Me: I tried going to broga for the first time yesterday, turns out it was a bunch of brogrammers. I was totally broadkill.

Grandma: Can you go a single sentence without using a portmantbro?

Me: Chillax Humphrey Brogart.
portmantbro by Loren David Newman January 4, 2013

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.
portmanteau by insignis April 15, 2005

Portmanthusiast 

One who is such an enthusiast of combining two or more words into a new word, that they describe this passion by creating a portmanteau (a combination of two or more words into a new word) with the words enthusiast and portmanteau.
The word portmanthusiast is a portmanteau
Portmanthusiast by bTreezy August 3, 2012

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!"
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!"

portmandoe 

An angry, self-righteous woman in academia with an unreasonable chip on her shoulder about gender, discrimination, cultural appropriation, and related topics.
Be careful about your response to that facebook post on inequality, it's sounding a little portmandoe!
portmandoe by KitLit September 5, 2015