- Examples[change | change source]. Portmanteau itself is an example, combining the French words for carry (porter) and coat (manteau) into a coat carrier.
- “Well, then, ‘mimsy’ is ‘flimsy and miserable’ (there’s another portmanteau for you).” Portmanteau Words and Compound Words.
- Tool to generate portmanteau words, these invented contractions of words used to convey a concept. Often used as a hashtag generator on social networks.
- Players think of portmanteau words and then challenge each other to identify their origins by naming the two words which are blended to create it.
- In both smog and spork, the two words used to form the portmanteau help describe the new word, which is a quality of portmanteaus.
- There are many different ways of reducing your word count in your writing. And here’s the best-kept one, which no one has told you about: using 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...
- This week's words diptych snake_eyes portmanteau zwieback dicephalous. ... A.Word.A.Day. with Anu Garg. portmanteau. PRONUNCIATION
- Please add more portmanteau words, whether already in existence or not. Words are not dependent upon their use for their meaning....
- So many of the words created our dozens of neologism contests over the decades are portmanteau words, the combination of two words.