- poemanalysis.com literary-device/portmanteau/A portmanteau is a newly created word that results from combining two other words together. It should refer to a single concept, event, job, idea, event, etc.
- scribbr.com rhetoric/portmanteau/A portmanteau is a word created by blending sounds and meanings from multiple other words (e.g., friend + enemy = frenemy).
- livexp.com blog/portmanteau-words-definition-and-…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.
- eslbuzz.com portmanteau-words/A portmanteau is a word that is formed by combining two or more words, often with different meanings, to create a new word.
- pediaa.com what-does-portmanteau-mean/Portmanteau refers to the linguistic blend of words in which multiple words and their meanings are combined together to form a new word.
- englishgrammarnotes.com portmanteau/A portmanteau word is a new word formed by combining two words, particularly the beginning of one word and the ending of the second word.
- dictionary.com browse/portmanteauPortmanteau definition: a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves..
- englishtutorialedu.com 2020/12/16/portmanteau-…E.g. could not = couldn’t, do not = don’t. In case of portmanteau words, two different words are related to form a new word with a new concept.
- wyzant.com resources/lessons/english/etymology/…The etymology of portmanteau comes from porter, the French word meaning “to carry,” and manteau, the Old French word for “cloak.”
- grammarpartyblog.com 2020/02/04/1826/In both smog and spork, the two words used to form the portmanteau help describe the new word, which is a quality of portmanteaus.