- port-MAN-toh or /ˌpɔːr(t)mænˈtoʊ/ POR(T)-man-TOH; pl.
portmanteaus or
portmanteaux.
Adams attributes the term
splinter to J. M. Berman, "Contribution on...
- This is a
selection of
portmanteau words.
Wiktionary has a
category on
English blends. Hvaldimir, from
Norwegian hval (whale) and
Russian President Vladimir...
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contractions of the
original word can be
additionally characterized as
portmanteaux. A
common portmanteau is 甭 (béng; 'needn't'),
which is a
graphical ligature...
- and blending, with
combinations such as "bro-hug" and "bro-step" and
portmanteaux such as "bro-down", "bromance", and "brohemian". This
creation of neologisms...
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Portmanteaux used to
carry letters...
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having a "repair-beer" (Reparatur-Seidl). The
Dutch have also
coined the
portmanteaux reparadler and reparipa,
referring to
Radler and IPA as
repair beverages...
- the most
diverse clade within Neornithischia. The name "Cerapoda" is a
portmanteaux of "Ceratopsia" and "Ornithopoda". As the name suggests, the
clade is...
- 1930s in Britain, the box room was for the
storage of boxes, trunks,
portmanteaux, and the like,
rather than for
bedroom use. In Ireland, a
return room...
- (pictured, as in the 1st series, as a moai), b****oons, and the use of
portmanteaux, in
phrases such as "Thanks, ants. Thants," or as in the
Music episode...
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Carex and Cyperaceae. The
Latin specific epithet of
melanostachya is a
portmanteaux word, made of melano- from the Gr**** word μελανός (melanós)
meaning black...
