portmanteau words

[rewboss]

Another nice portmanteau is "chortle" -- it's a chuckle combined with a snort.

[Jamgirl]

Oh!!! I love it! I love these types of made up/combination words. I do it all the time and didn't realise there was a name for it! I liked the explanation too of why 'portmanteau'. I'm really pleased that I asked. Thanks folks.

[Tdol]

I heard a triple one recently- celebutard (celebrity + debutante + retard) for a particularly stupid celebrity.

[Jamgirl]

LOL!!!!!!
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who?

[Tdol]

David Beckham, his wife, etc.

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Tdol

I heard a triple one recently- celebutard (celebrity + debutante + retard) for a particularly stupid celebrity.

LOL! Paris Hilton?

[Humble]

Hi,
I know one coined, it seems, last year: Bliar.
Cheers

[Tdol]

I like crackberry for those who are addicted to their Blackberry devices.

[queenbu]

Actor-turned-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. One of his nicknames, "The Governator" is a combination of "governor" and "Terminator".
"The Beatles" also has the same trick, which combines "Beat" with "beetle".


Take a look at Wikipedia-queenbu

[BobK]

Originally Posted by queenbu

Actor-turned-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. One of his nicknames, "The Governator" is a combination of "governor" and "Terminator".
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Interesting coincidence in the history of language: the word 'governor' is based on a metaphor - the Latin for 'rudder', which is gubernator.

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