- First used by Lewis Carroll in 1871, based on the concept of two words packed together, like a portmanteau (“a travelling case having two halves joined by a hinge”).
- Portmanteau words are words made from two or more other words. I wrote a program to generate some portmanteau words using a thesaurus (WordNet).
- portmanteau word — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms portmanteau word : singular portmanteau word plural portmanteau words linguistics a word...
- James Joyce makes frequent use of portmanteau words in Finnegans Wake, such as amuckst (amongst and amuck) and rugaby (rugby and rockabye).
- A portmanteau word is a blend of two or more words, or parts of words, that expresses the combined meaning of those words.
- A portmanteau word is created by combining two existing words. ... You see it’s like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word.
- Read the explanation of the word “portmanteau”. A portmanteau is a type of old suitcase which could carry an equal amount of luggage on each side.
- Explore the world of portmanteau words and how they combine two words to create something new.
- According to the OED's examples, Lewis Carroll may have invented the use of 'portmanteau' to mean a word made up of the elements of two or more...
- In Through a Looking-Glass (1871) he wrote: ‘You see, it’s like a portmanteau … there are two meanings packed up in the one word’.