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A portmanteau (pronounced /pɔrtmænˈtoʊ/ ( listen)) or portmanteau word is used broadly to mean a blend of two (or more) words or morphemes and their meanings into one new word, and narrowly in linguistics fields to mean only a blend of two or more function words. Look up Portmanteau in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Meaning"Portmanteau word" is used to describe a linguistic blend, namely "a word formed by blending sounds from two or more distinct words and combining their meanings." The plural form of "portmanteau" may be portmanteaux or portmanteaus. Such a definition of "portmanteau word" overlaps with the grammatical term contraction. As an example of the latter, the words do and not become the contraction don't, a single word that represents the meaning of the combined words. A distinction can be made between the portmanteau and a contraction by noting that contractions can only be formed with two words that would otherwise appear in sequence within the sentence, whereas a portmanteau word is typically formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept which the portmanteau word is meant to describe. An example is the well-known portmanteau word "Spanglish", referring to speaking a mix of both Spanish and English spoken between bilingual people. In this case, there is no logical situation in which the speaker would say "Spanish English" in place of the portmanteau word in the same way they could say "do not" in place of the contraction "don't", or "we are" in place of "we're". From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Is your political portmanteau as witty as you think? Q. I mean, as hilarious/witty/clever as they seem, do you think introducing 'ad hominem' to your argument improves it? Asked by Ayin Y - Wed Sep 23 21:14:34 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. I don't think most of the people here know what you are talking about, especially those whose argument gets distracted by personal attacks. Answered by madart - Wed Sep 23 21:19:15 2009 Need some outside help comming up with portmanteau's.? Q. have this new online friend and she is highly skilled in verbal bantering, I am not and when she hit me with portmanteau, I tried to come up with some, all i can think of is smoke and fog make smog. this is my first question, hello to all plugged into this tread. Asked by phillyjim - Wed Dec 27 21:47:20 2006 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. Thanks for the Question. It made me look and learn something new. Here are some portmanteaus that I found on the web, I also included the website so that you will be at a loss no more Good Luck humense - a combination of huge and immense something beyond both in its enormity floggy- a combination a flaky and soggy coffahol - Allows you to get drunk and stay awake at the same time. conegoceitical - an adjective, being egotistal and conceited paedophilanthropy The act of being generous to child molesters. fluctuweight The tendency to constantly diet to lose weight and then put it back on repeatedly. banjiano or pianjo An instrument that's a cross between a banjo and a piano apocalapse Gap between predictions of the end of… [cont.] Answered by Blessed Chick - Wed Dec 27 22:20:39 2006 what is an example of a portmanteau ?
Q. what is an example of a portmanteau ? Asked by mel - Sun Dec 30 23:37:39 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. Lewis Carroll came up with the term in Alice Through the Looking Glass, where she's talking with Humpty Dumpty. Go and have a good read- it's still as wickedly funny as when we were kids. Here's a portmanteau for you in French: courriel courier for mail el for electronic = email. Answered by lynndramsop - Mon Dec 31 04:54:27 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Portmanteau"  news.google.com American Spectator Marxism and Freudianism were just portmanteau notions into which virtually any kind of phenomena could be made to fit. Hence Marxism led to political and ... news.google.com Screendaily.com The films world premiere at JIFF as a portmanteau , and often go on to other festivals such as New York, Locarno and Rotterdam. All three filmmakers this ... and more » news.google.com NRC Handelsblad Een heerlijke, warme portmanteau waar de stiekeme nostalgie naar de dictatuur duimendik bovenop ligt: in het collectieve geheugen van de meeste ... From Google News Search: "Portmanteau"  indymediareviews.com 451px x 400px | 35.60kB [source page] Another entry from Zeben and like his other works it s blunt and unflinching I favor the layout of Portmanteau a bit more than Orchestra of Machines it seems this is an From Yahoo Image Search: "Portmanteau"  workflowwriting.com Laura Payne Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:47:00 GM What a fun . portmanteau. word; however, according to Australian-Wildlife.com, there is no other type of platypus so the term "duck-billed" platypus is redundant.Another linguistically interesting fact from Australian-Wildlife.com is that ...  acartwrightstudio.blogspot.com ac Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:42:00 GM The . Portmanteau. was a private event but this weekend on November 21st we are having a Holiday Reception at Vintage At Heart - a unique little gem of a store nestled in Tujunga Village in Studio City. AC Studio 9 art.wear, ... From Google Blog Search: "Portmanteau" |
