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Swe-bop, a portmanteau of Swiss and bebop.
Cyril: “So, did anyone else know that Robert had a Swiss jazz label?”
Pam: “Or that Swiss jazz was a subgenre called Swe-bop?”
Archer: “I mean, it figures. Switzerland is like the jazz of countries. It just keeps going and going and no one has any idea why.”
Swe-bop by natalie portmanteaux September 29, 2023

hobbytunity 

Hobbytunity, a portmanteau of hobby and opportunity.
Bob: “What are you doing here? Are you making another documentary?”
Randy: “No. Filmmaking was just a hobbytunity for me.”
Bob: “And now you own a food truck? How can you afford this?”
Randy: “Hmm... I have my ways, Bob. One of those ways is that I have an inheritance from my grandfather. You'll be able to read all about my food trucking journey in my blook.”
Linda: “What's a "blook"?”
Gene: “A blonde cook.”
Tina: “Blooks have more fun.”
Randy: “No. It's a blog I'm writing that I'm turning into a book. And the probably a bloovie.”
Bob: “You-you can't take two words and make them into one stupider word, Randy.”
Randy: “Well, Bob, now you're not invited to the blemiere.”
hobbytunity by natalie portmanteaux September 28, 2023

adventurecation 

Adventurecation, a portmanteau of adventure and vacation.
Helen: "Well, I'd like that very much. What kind of restaurant is it?"
Gene: "Slop shop."
Louis: "Butt hut."
Tina: "It's nice."
Helen: "I am in."
Teddy: "Perfect! I'll go there now and wait."
Linda: "What a wonderful little adventurecation!"
Bob: "Oh, I hurt so much."
Snurb, a portmanteau of snob and urbanite.
Larissa: "Hey, guys, sorry-- I had to stay late at school. We had a bullying lesson. From me." (blowing raspberries three times)
Girls: "2-5-7!"
Louise: "What the hell was that?"
Patty: "Our handshake. Love it or lick it, snurb."
Louise: "Hey, I love it already, snurb." (blows raspberry)
Patty: "No, it's like this." (blowing three raspberries)
Girls: "2-5-7!"
Louise: "Aah! That's awesome! Do it again!"
Patty: "All right. Rock and roll." (blowing three raspberries)
Girls: "2-5-7!"
snurb by natalie portmanteaux September 23, 2023
Kissper, a portmanteau of kiss and whisper.
Tina: "Then they Quantum Leapt into the future to the day of their double wedding with Tina and Jimmy Jr., and they all lived happily ever after. And Sir Bob and Linda were also married, and then they had a baby with a tail because they were cousins. The end."
Gayle: (gasps) "That was so good! Oh, I could feel Scott Bakula's kiss whispers in my mouth!"
Gene: "Kisspers!"
Linda: "Ah, I've heard better. And your father and I are not cousins."
Bob: "That we know of."
kissper by natalie portmanteaux September 23, 2023

Home Ec-staurant

A portmanteau of Home Ec and restaurant. Coined by Bob Belcher in the tv show Bob's Burgers.

When the Home Ec class sells food to the students at school lunch.
Jocelyn: “You guys, we're not a restaurant. Go away.”
Bob: “Well, wait, we could be.”
Jocelyn: “No, we're not.”
Bob: “Well, that's the "Ec" of "Home Ec." A-a restaurant.”
Jocelyn: “Oh.”
Bob: “Yeah, a Home Ec-staurant.”
Eliza: "I mean, did you ever think--
If you combine ketchup and mustard,
it's called “kustard.” *chuckles*
*laughing* I invented it."
kustard by natalie portmanteaux August 27, 2023