- “podcast is a portmanteau, a made-up word coined from a combination of the words iPod and broadcast”.
- Coordinate blends (also called associative or portmanteau blends) combine two words having equal status, and have two heads.
- A portmanteau is a word that is formed by combining two or more words, often with different meanings, to create a new word.
- A one-sentence definition is easy enough: a portmanteau word is, in summary, a word that has been formed by blending two existing words together.
- A portmanteau is a linguistic blend that occurs when the sounds, spellings and meanings of two words are combined to make a new one.
- Portmanteau words are also to be found in the world of politics, and surely the most famous of them is a portmanteau of British+ exit or Brexit.
- The word portmanteau (meaning a blend of words) was introduced by Lewis Caroll in the 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass.
- The word “portmanteau” means to combine two or more aspects or qualities into a single entity.
- — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024 In the 19th century, a portmanteau was a kind of suitcase made of stiff leather and divided into two equal parts.
- ...starts this evening with singer/songwriter guitarist Sam Jefferson from 6-7pm followed by horn heavy, Funk, Soul, HipHop 9 piece Portmanteau from 9.30pm.
- “podcast is a portmanteau, a made-up word coined from a combination of the words iPod and broadcast”.
- Coordinate blends (also called associative or portmanteau blends) combine two words having equal status, and have two heads.
- A portmanteau is a word that is formed by combining two or more words, often with different meanings, to create a new word.
- A one-sentence definition is easy enough: a portmanteau word is, in summary, a word that has been formed by blending two existing words together.
- A portmanteau is a linguistic blend that occurs when the sounds, spellings and meanings of two words are combined to make a new one.
- Portmanteau words are also to be found in the world of politics, and surely the most famous of them is a portmanteau of British+ exit or Brexit.
- The word portmanteau (meaning a blend of words) was introduced by Lewis Caroll in the 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass.
- The word “portmanteau” means to combine two or more aspects or qualities into a single entity.
- — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024 In the 19th century, a portmanteau was a kind of suitcase made of stiff leather and divided into two equal parts.
- ...starts this evening with singer/songwriter guitarist Sam Jefferson from 6-7pm followed by horn heavy, Funk, Soul, HipHop 9 piece Portmanteau from 9.30pm.
