Portmanteau

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A large leather suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments. noun

A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words, as chortle, from chuckle and snort. noun

A word or part of a word that is analyzable as consisting of more than one morpheme without a clear boundary between them, as French du “of the” from de “of” and le “the.” noun

General or generalized. adjective

A case used in journeying for containing clothing: originally adapted to the saddle of a horseman, and therefore nearly cylindrical and of flexible make. noun

A trunk, especially a leather trunk of small size. noun

A hook or bracket on which to hang a garment, especially one which holds a coat or cloak securely for brushing. noun

A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys. noun

A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections. noun

A school bag; often shortened to port or school port noun

A portmanteau word. noun

Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau. adjective

A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings noun

A large travelling bag made of stiff leather noun

A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.

A schoolbag.

A hook on which to hang clothing.

The combination of two or more words to create a new word. Also known as a frankenword or blend. (sources: tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms and the wikipedia) Urban Dictionary

A cliche and uncreative technique to form new words - almost anyone who can speak a language can fabricate words by butchering two perfectly good words and using cheap glue to form one ugly word Urban Dictionary

"'A large leather suitcase.' from French, port- (carry) and manteau (cloak)." Source: Dictionary.com(www.dictionary.com), retrieved 11/19/05. Urban Dictionary

1. an archaic word used by prissy netymologists on Wikipedia and Word Spy that means a blend word. A word formed by combining parts of two words 2. a two-compartment suitcase that has not been manufactured since the 1800s. Urban Dictionary

When two words are blended together to create one word, using only a portion of each word. Examples: (Internet)=Interconnected + Network (Brunch)= Breakfast + Lunch (Moped)= Motor + Pedal (Bash)= Bang + Smash Urban Dictionary

When two words are combined together making a new word! Urban Dictionary

When a Freudian Slip occurs whitin a single word and it forms a new word out of two or more words that previously existed separately. Urban Dictionary

A word arbitrarily formed of two distinct words Urban Dictionary

Causing a word to become shorter by joining the ends at a common letter. Can be done more than once in long words, or phrases. IP = Internal Portmanteau Urban Dictionary

When the government makes you think through esp that someone knows your whereabouts and is talking about you which distracts you from your daily tasks. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to portmanteau:
portmanteau, portemanteau, portmanteaux, portmanteaus, portmantua.

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Adjectives that are often used to describe portmanteau:
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Words that sound like portmanteau:
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