portmanteau
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- noun
- /ˌpɔrtˈmænˌtoʊ/
- Specialized
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- Oxbridge is a portmanteau of Oxford and Cambridge, - where two words are joined together.
- portmanteau words
I said it was a portmanteau of beer and koozie.
- I said it was a portmanteau of beer and koozie.
- Of course It is a portmanteau of cool and cozy.
Examples
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The term 'smog' is a portmanteau created by blending 'smoke' and 'fog'.
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The term meme, a portmanteau of mimesis and gene, was coined in 1976 by British ethologist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.
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You all know what portmanteau words are, yes?
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I said it was a portmanteau of beer and koozie.
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All right, fun fact, Tamagotchi is a portmanteau of two Japanese words.
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It was smog, a portmanteau of smoke and fog.
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A blog (a portmanteau of the term web log) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first).
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The word 'brunch' is a portmanteau of 'breakfast' and 'lunch'.
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In linguistics, a portmanteau word combines the meanings of 'motel,' which merges 'motor' and 'hotel.'
Synonyms
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A word made by joining parts of two words, like 'brunch'
A new word that joins parts of two words
Compounds
How Blended
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Portmanteau was famously used by Lewis Carroll after the French parts porter 'to carry' and manteau 'coat', because a portmanteau suitcase has two halves that pack things together. So a portmanteau word carries two meanings in one, like 'brunch' for 'breakfast' and 'lunch'.