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	Logophilia - Favorite Words
		Other portmanteau words are chortle (a blend of "chuckle" and "snort"; this is another Jabberwockian word), brunch ("breakfast" and "lunch"), telex ("teleprinter" and "exchange"), and contrail ("condensation" and "trail").
		Words are formed in many different ways (see reduplicate, below), but one of the most fascinating to me is the tendency to create words that reflect the sound an object makes.
		From the Latin word faeculentus, from faec-, feces.
	www.wordspy.com /diversions/fave-words.asp (1860 words)

	Portmanteau - LoveToKnow 1911
		The typical portmanteau o; the present day has two compartments which, fastened at the back by hinges, close together like a book.
		In French the word was also applied to a bracket or set of pegs on which to hang clothes.
		Dodgson ("Lewis Carroll") in Through the Looking Glass (" The Song of the Jabberwock") used the expression "portmanteau word" of an invented word composed of two words run together and supposed to convey humorously the combined meaning: thus "slithy" conveys slimy and lithe; "mimsy," flimsy and miserable.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Portmanteau (140 words)

	now it is friday the tenth
		the poet alternates words in the following fashion: the first word of the first poem, the first word of the second poem, the second word of the first poem, the second word of the second poem, the third word of the first poem, the third word of the second poem, and so on.
		it is up to the poet what constitutes a combination of two words: whether to use an existing word or whether to create a new (portmantword) word which is a combination of the other two.
		word palindrome - the poet must write a poem whose word order is the same forwards and backwards.
	www.spinelessbooks.com /teaching/1993assignment.html (1396 words)

	anltuqn~portmanteau (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In linguistics, a portmanteau word is known as a blend.
		Portmanteau itself, in fact, is a French blend word, formed by porter (to carry) and manteau (cloak).
		A portmanteau morph is a single morph that is analyzed as representing two underlying morphemes.
	www.home.no /choklit/tion/portmanteau.html (385 words)

	Omniglot - the blog » Blog Archive » Portmanteaux
		A portmanteau is a large travelling bag or suitcase with two compartments.
		A portmanteau word or portmanteau is one that fuses several grammatical inflections, or one that combines parts of two or more words.
		Unlike the other words, it is not formed by combining (usually the first and last) parts of two separate words.
	www.omniglot.com /blog/2006/07/31/portmanteaux (310 words)

	World Wide Words: Through the Blender
		The blend is a type of word formation which has become popular in English this century and which now accounts for a significant proportion of new words, particularly those deriving from commercial trade names or advertising, those which have a technical or scientific link, or which are meant facetiously.
		A blend is any word which is formed by fusing together elements from two other words and whose meaning shares or combines the meanings of the source words.
		The modern usage of blend as a technical term among dictionary makers is quite strict and many words which might be thought to be blends, such as keypad, paintball or townhouse, are instead regarded as compounds because the elements being put together are words in their own right.
	www.worldwidewords.org /articles/blend.htm (1380 words)

	Previous Columns/Posted 05/26/99
		The term "portmanteau word" was invented by Lewis Carroll (pen name of Charles Dodgson) in "Through the Looking Glass" to mean a word which combines both the sounds and meanings of two other words.
		The word itself comes originally from the Latin "scutum," or shield, and an "esquire" was originally a young manservant (a "squire") whose job consisted of holding a knight's shield and similar lowly tasks.
		Dear Word Detective: I have too much time on my hands, and I recently found myself wondering about the derivation of "racket" to mean a corrupt scheme, and the word's relationship to "racquet." I've seen both spellings used to refer to sports equipment, but only "racket" to refer to a corrupt scheme.
	www.word-detective.com /052699.html (6300 words)

	Word Definitions
		This word comes from the Medieval idea that the world was made of four corruptible elements: earth, air, fire and water.
		The two words are spelled the same, are pronounced differently, and have different meanings.
		portmanteau word (port MAN toe) noun, A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words; for example, chortle from chuckle and snort.
	www.terrycolon.com /word.html (869 words)

	portmanteau
		- Check the students' understanding of the word by asking them to invent a portmanteau word in English, or in their native language (depending on the students' level).
		- Students invent words and define them to the class or ask the class to guess the meaning of their portmanteau words.
		A contest for the best portmanteau word can be easily organised (by category: the most original/creative, the funniest, the most literary, the most colloquial, the most politcally correct, etc.).
	perso.orange.fr /absolutenglish-972/notes/misc/portmanteau.htm (218 words)

	PORTMANTEAU - Online Information article about PORTMANTEAU
		LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf.
		SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf.
		Song of the Jabberwock ") used the expression " portmanteau word " of an invented word composed of two words run together and supposed to convey humorously the combined meaning: thus " slithy " conveys slimy and lithe; " mimsy," flimsy and miserable.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /POL_PRE/PORTMANTEAU.html (304 words)

	Current Columns
		Its root was the Dutch word "vrijbuiter," a combination of "vrij" (free) and buiter (plunderer), which was borrowed into English as the word "freebooter," meaning a pirate or adventurer.
		The term "portmanteau word" was invented by none other than Lewis Carroll (pen name of Charles Dodgson) in "Through the Looking Glass" to mean a word which combines both the sounds and meanings of two other words.
		Government bureaucrats love portmanteau words, as can be seen in such creations as "Medicare" (a smooshing of "medical care"), and many corporations now name themselves in a portmanteau fashion, as did Microsoft ("microcomputer" plus "software").
	www.word-detective.com /091801.html (5413 words)

	Morpha Word
		That does not come of itself with portmanteau and I think is a valid idea that seems to have been lost in the ensuing "discussion".
		That word was invented before any of us on Wiki were born, as opposed to the MorphaWord/FrankenWord coinage, which was done by a current Wiki resident, presumably because s/he did not know of/like portmanteau.
		I think trying to insist that someone must use the word 'portmanteau' even if they don't like it is just a waste of time and energy, and reeks of ConversationalChaff.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?MorphaWord (1145 words)

	Wordwizard Clubhouse - Surveil (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The word ORIENTATE (1849) came much later to the ‘orient’ game than the verb ‘orient’ and is believed to be a ‘backformation’ of ‘orientation’ (where ‘orientation’s was either borrowed from the French or an ‘-ation’ was tacked on to the English word — circa 1830s-40s).
		The new word is supposed to be the word from which the old one was itself derived.
		People assumed that the word lazy had evolved in the same way as the word "shiny" (by adding "y" to a verb) and therefore assumed that there must be a verb "laze".
	www.wordwizard.com /newnav/chforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18106 (943 words)

	[portmantwords] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"portmantword" is a combination of the words "word" and "portmantwo" which is a combination of the word "two" and "portmanteau."
		the term "portmanteau word" is from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
		the poet will write a poem in which every other word is a portmanteau word.for fin inconsequential credential credit edith.
	www.spinelessbooks.com /table/contents/portmantwords.html (134 words)

	Portmanteau: Interesting Thing of the Day
		The linguistic sense of portmanteau is a single-morpheme word that substitutes for (and functions grammatically as) two morphemes.
		One of my favorite examples is the word intertwingle—a portmanteau of “intertwine” and “intermingle”—which one of my editors uses when she wants to tell me that I’ve written a sentence or paragraph that mixes two concepts that should properly be separated.
		Many portmanteau words are coined with humorous or ironic intent, and later become absorbed into the language as legitimate entries in the dictionary.
	itotd.com /articles/549/portmanteau (865 words)

	A.Word.A.Day -- AWADmail Issue 230 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I used to be a "tween" myself, and I HATED that word with an unrivalled passion.
		Therefore, I suggest that someone coin a new word for the adults between the ages of 40 and dead, agnerant, a combination of "aged" and "ignorant".
		A friend of mine often used the word "meamble" as a portmanteau word made by combining "meander" and "amble".
	www.wordsmith.org /awad/awadmail235.html (909 words)

	Portmanteau Words
		Portmanteau words mash together the sounds and meanings of two other words, or as Humpty Dumpty tells Alice in "Through the Looking-Glass," they pack two meanings into one word (portmanteau = suitcase or valise).
		Some portmanteau words paint vivid mental pictures, such as Lewis Carroll's slithy toves who are lithe and slimy at the same time.
		Many portmanteau words have come into use since 1993, when Portmanteau Dictionary: Blend Words in the English Language, Including Trademarks and Brand Names was published, but it's a huge collection and you can pick it up used if you don't want to pay the steep price of a new copy.
	creativityforyou.com /portman.html (420 words)

	Take Our Word For It Issue 32
		The English word is an Anglicized rendering of the Malay word for the plant.
		This word for a "stupid" or "tough" or "morally unsound" fellow was first used around 1810 and originally meant a "soldier".
		I find that it is linguistically confusing to use the same word to describe physical intimate activity between two or more individuals as well as the distinction of maleness or femaleness.
	www.takeourword.com /Issue032.html (2519 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		The standard sense of portmanteau is 'a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase the opens into to halves'.
		The word, which is first recorded in English in the late sixteenth century, is formed from French, from the elements porter 'to carry' and manteau 'mantle'.
		The linguistic sense is 'a word formed by combining parts of other words', such as smog, from sm(oke) and (f)og; guesstimate, from guess and (e)stimate; brunch, from br(eakfast) and (l)unch; and motel from mo(tor) and (ho)tel.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19990203 (280 words)

	Gastronomica - Extras
		Cutlery seems predisposed to spawning portmanteau words, that is, words formed by combining elements of other words.
		One of the earliest of these was "spork," formed by combining "spoon" and "fork." The first-known reference to a spork was in the 1909 supplement to the Century Dictionary which claimed that the word was a trade name for an eating utensil similar to a spoon save that its bowl tapered into three fork-like tines.
		Sporks are also known as "foons," a portmanteau word that began to crop up in North American newspapers in the late 1990s.
	www.gastronomica.org /ort01.html (297 words)

	Portmanteau Words (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You see, it's like a portmanteau - there are two meanings packed into one word." Among several other words Carroll created chortle (a combination of 'chuckle' and 'snort') and galumph (a combination of 'gallop' and 'triumph').
		So, a portmanteau or blend word is one derived by combining portions of two or more separate words.
		Interestingly, portmanteau itself is a blend word, originating from the French portemanteau, a compound formed from porter (to carry) and manteau (cloak).
	users.tinyonline.co.uk /gswithenbank/portmant.htm (118 words)

	MadTeaParty by DaniCast » Blog Archive » portmanteau
		A portmanteau (from 16th century French, plural portmanteaux) is a large travelling case made of leather.
		The portmanteau could stand on end, so that the coats are hung vertically, and open up like a book to make a pair of mini-closets joined by hinges.
		A portmanteau (plural: portmanteaux or portmanteaus) is a term in linguistics that refers to a word or morpheme that fuses two or more grammatical functions.
	www.havesometea.net /MadTeaParty/archives/324 (538 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Portmanteau (Site not responding. Last check: )
		carboloy [portmanteau word from carbon and alloy], an alloy containing cobalt, tungsten, and carbon.
		This alloy is extremely hard, harder than steel; it is used to cut steel, porcelain, quartz, and other materials.
		Its hardness is little affected by heat, and it retains a sharp cutting edge even at red heat.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Portmanteau (201 words)

	JABBER:The Jabberwocky Engine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The portmanteau word is a mixture of bits and pieces of multiple words that are put together in a manner that conforms to the rules of English word formation.
		The words are pronounceable and familiar, although their meaning must be guessed at through a whimsical etymology (a ’patymology, perhaps).
		Of the 11 nonsense words in the remainder of the poem, seven of them are adjectives, one is an adverb, and 3 are nouns.
	epc.buffalo.edu /authors/hennessey/data/essays/Jabber_epoetry.htm (1958 words)

	Language Log: Who let the blawgs out?
		I'll observe that "blawg" is an unusual sort of portmanteau word -- it is indeed "a word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words, as chortle, from chuckle and snort".
		Many words shall revive, which now have fallen off; and many which are now in esteem shall fall off, if it be the will of custom, in whose power is the decision and right and standard of language.
		And as Horace observes, whether a new word is accepted as the coin of the realm, and for how long, is not determined by lawyers or linguists.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/002772.html (613 words)

	Hyperlexicon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A word that blends the sounds and meanings of two or more different words.
		Originally, a portmanteau was a kind of suitcase.
		The title of this lexicon, Hyperlexicon, is a portmanteau word, as is the word Jackalope.
	nickykaa.com /Hyperlexicon/portmanteau.html (98 words)

	The word podcast is a portmanteau : Today's Podcast By Scott Brenner.
		A portmanteau is a word that is formed by combining two words and their meanings.
		Other well know portmanteau's are camcorder- camera and recorder, smog- smoke and fog and spork- spoon and fork.
		The Chunnel is an example of portmanteau that is a proper name.
	todayspodcast.com /archives/2005/01/the_word_podcas_1.html (203 words)

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		The word I was thinking of is not "neologism" which Webster's dictionary defines as "a meaningless word coined by a psychotic", but, rather, I was thinking of "portmanteau" (plural -teaus or port.man.teaux, 1579) from porter to carry + manteau mantle.
		Websters defines portmanteau as "a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms" using the example of "smog" which is derived from "smoke" and "fog".
		I think if we made a Word Wiki that worked like a Ouija board (by the way, Ouija is another example of a "game" that people play at parties), we'd have something I'd call a "Ouiki" (from "Ouija" and "wiki").
	wearcam.org /pret-a-portmanteau.htm (757 words)

	The Modern Word - Site Information & Introduction
		The Modern Word is guided by a panel of luminaries in the fields of literature, academia, and publishing.
		It began in 1995 as The Libyrinth, a portmanteau word coined to represent the two common themes I felt ran through much modern literature – the Library and the Labyrinth.
		After five years of growing as the Libyrinth, the site was re-dedicated in May 2000 as The Modern Word, its borders greatly expanded but dedicated to the same goal – to celebrate and explore the works of these amazing authors, from the past metamorphoses of Kafka to the Ecos of the future.
	www.themodernword.com /site_info.html (917 words)

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