portmanteau
US /pɔ:rtˈmæntoʊ/
・UK /pɔ:tˈmæntəʊ/
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n.NounNew word created from parts of two others
Pok'mon is a portmanteau of pocket and monster
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- This is a portmanteau of 'stay' and 'vacation' and it means for your days off you will stay in your home or in your local area, and maybe take small day trips around your local town or city.
This is a portmanteau of 'stay' and 'vacation' and it means for your days off you will stay in your home or in your local area, and maybe take small day trips around your local town or city.
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- Aqua Amazing, this isn't strictly relevant, but it's just stuck in my head on portmanteau words like that, that in Canada, all the packaging on the side of products has to be in both English and French, and cheesetastic got translated to French as frommidable, which is beautiful.
Aqua Amazing, this isn't strictly relevant, but it's just stuck in my head on portmanteau words like that, that in Canada, all the packaging on the side of products has to be in both English and French, and cheesetastic got translated to French as frommidable, which is beautiful.
- Someone made a translation that's a portmanteau that's better than the original.
Someone made a translation that's a portmanteau that's better than the original.
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- After all, everyone knows that Trump is a lovely portmanteau of the words tremendous and dump.
After all, everyone knows that Trump is a lovely portmanteau of the words tremendous and dump.
- After all, everyone knows that Trump is a lovely portmanteau of the words tremendous and dump.
After all, everyone knows that Trump is a lovely portmanteau of the words tremendous and dump.
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- pocket soup, veal glue - I like this one - portmanteau potage and the list goes on and on.
pocket soup, veal glue - I like this one - portmanteau potage and the list goes on and on.
- I like this one, portmanteau pottage.
I like this one, portmanteau pottage.
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- Revengeance isn’t a word. It’s a portmanteau of revenge and vengeance, which is actually
Revengeance isn’t a word. It’s a portmanteau of revenge and vengeance, which is actually
- Revengeance isn't a word; it's a portmanteau of revenge and vengeance, which is actually kinda cool.
Revengeance isn't a word; it's a portmanteau of revenge and vengeance, which is actually kinda cool.
BBC 6 Minute English March 31, 2016 - Is social media a distraction
- New words formed by putting together parts of existing words are known as blends or portmanteau words.
New words formed by putting together parts of existing words are known as blends or portmanteau words.
- New words formed by putting together parts of existing words are known as blends or portmanteau words.
New words formed by putting together parts of existing words are known as blends or portmanteau words.
Talk about the word 'hangry' in 6 minutes
- Are they: a) suitcase words, b) portmanteau words, or c) backpack words?
Are they: a) suitcase words, b) portmanteau words, or c) backpack words?
- b) Portmanteau words, or
b) Portmanteau words, or
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- Depachika is a portmanteau of depa for department store, and chika, which means basement.
Depachika is a portmanteau of depa for department store, and chika, which means basement.
- Depachika is a portmanteau of "depa" for department store and "chika," which means basement,
Depachika is a portmanteau of "depa" for department store and "chika," which means basement,
Please don't throw your mangoes away
- I was thinking metaphorical, and then you're like, no, you just portmanteau the words, just put them together.
I was thinking metaphorical, and then you're like, no, you just portmanteau the words, just put them together.
- I was thinking metaphorical, and then you're like, no, you just portmanteau the words.
I was thinking metaphorical, and then you're like, no, you just portmanteau the words.
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- Linguistically, NEOM is a portmanteau that combines the Greek word for new, nios, with the Arabic word for future, mustakbal,
Linguistically, NEOM is a portmanteau that combines the Greek word for new, nios, with the Arabic word for future, mustakbal,
- Linguistically, NEOM is a portmanteau that combines the Greek word for new neos with the Arabic word for future Mustakbal.
Linguistically, NEOM is a portmanteau that combines the Greek word for new neos with the Arabic word for future Mustakbal.