- Below is a massive list of portmanteau words - that is, words related to portmanteau. The top 4 are: neologism, blend, pun and portmanteau word.
- Find out information about portmanteau words. A word made up of two words; for example, "vlog" is derived from "video" and "log."
- So many of the words created our dozens of neologism contests over the decades are portmanteau words, the combination of two words.
- A note by the owner of the volume explains the word as a combination of tomahawk and axe: "It is a portmanteau word, which must have been as clear to the...
- In music fandom, the word stan, which came into use after rapper Eminem released a song with the same name, is a portmanteau of stalker and fan.
- A portmanteau is a word that is formed by combining two or more words, often with different meanings, to create a new word.
- These are words that mix two or more existing words together to create a new word with a blended meaning. These are what the English call portmanteau words.
- Portmanteau words are those that blend parts of two words and result in a new word. Students are given twelve words, and must plug them into the correct...
- Portmanteau words are words made from two or more other words. I wrote a program to generate some portmanteau words using a thesaurus (WordNet).
- A portmanteau word is made of two words combined together – the term itself originates from the French word portemanteau, combining porter (to carry) and...