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portmanteau::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gladstone, gladstone bag |
| Type of | traveling bag, grip, bag, travelling bag, suitcase |
portmanteau::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blend, portmanteau word |
| Type of | neologism, coinage, neology |
`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'.
`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau.
Examples of portmanteau
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The name is a portmanteau of faux, the French word for false or fake, and mohawk.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Or at least, that's when I noticed the portmanteau creeping into popular parlance.
From the guardian.co.uk
Many portmanteau words receive some use but do not appear in all dictionaries.
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The name is a portmanteau derived from convention and the Japanese word otaku.
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What is a portmanteau with a reversed version of itself inside itself to be called?
From the economist.com
The term aquaponics is a portmanteau of the terms aquaculture and hydroponic.
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While the portmanteau may sound whimsical, the smart horn addresses a serious issue.
From the techcrunch.com
The word is a portmanteau of Sine, short for cinema, and Tron, short for electronic.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Folksonomy, a term coined by Thomas Vander Wal, is a portmanteau of folk and taxonomy.
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- Blend: a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau"
- A large travelling bag made of stiff leather
- A portmanteau , plural portmanteaux, is type of bag commonly found in England and other parts of Europe, and was extremely popular in the 19th century for travel.
- A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections; A school bag; often shortened to port or school port; Made by combining two words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau
- Large leather suitcase that opened into two compartments. Dickens reported in American Notes that his cabin aboard ship was so small that his portmanteau could "no more be got in at the door, not to say stowed away, than a giraffe could be forced into a flowerpot."
- A whimsical blend, as exemplified in the works of Lewis Carroll (cf. Blend). Snapple iced tea is a good example of this practice commercially.
- Traveling bag, usually of a rich tapestried, coarse fabric.
- A travel bag, it opens up like a book; a briefcase
- A crossing of two character's names that are focused on in a relationship fic. Generally the aggressor of the relationship is put first. Ex: Hermione seducing Severus Snape: Hermape. Snape seducing Ginny: Snapione.
