portmanteau
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Some call themselves healthmaxxers – sharing tips on what to eat and working out, while others identify as looksmaxxers, a portmanteau for 'looks maximising', where the aim is to totally "optimise" one's physical appearance.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
SaaSpocalypse is the portmanteau combining the acronym for software-as-a-service, SaaS, with apocalypse.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
“Smog” is a turn-of-the-century portmanteau word mashing together “smoke” and “fog” to describe the sooty, sulfurous air of the London of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
With Australian billionaire James Packer, Ratner formed RatPac Entertainment—a portmanteau nodding to the Frank Sinatra era of showbiz that Ratner venerated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
“Ah, yes, the portmanteau call, as you say in England.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Vocabulary lists containing portmanteau
Frankenstein
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