portmanteau
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Wall Street loves an ugly portmanteau, or jamming together of two words in a way that sows confusion, followed closely by dislike.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The phenomenon became known by its own portmanteau, “vibecession.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
No one answered; but a form emerged from the closet; it took the light, held it aloft, and surveyed the garments pendent from the portmanteau.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
I happen to be a sucker for groany portmanteaus.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2022
The goofiest of these portmanteaus, and one of the more enduring, involved the carryall.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
In that first iteration, the anonymous writer explained “hatriot” in almost bemused terms as just one then recent example of portmanteaus like “Republocrat”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2019
And with portmanteaus like “cronut” and “Sharknado” all the rage, we’re particularly on the lookout for fresh phrasing.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2013
Captain Cheffington disappeared in a hansom cab, with a smart travelling-bag, and followed by a second vehicle containing two well-filled portmanteaus.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
Almost simultaneously a carriage bearing the Marquis of Moorland's coat of arms drove up the avenue, and deposited two ladies and a couple of small portmanteaux on the doorstep.
From The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story by A. Eric Bayly
But similar information might be gleaned from a hundred thousand boxes and portmanteaux in London that day.
From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy
Except for the two portmanteaux it was devoid of all sign of the owner.
From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny
For a single man, two boxes! five bags! portmanteaux!
From Six Women and the Invasion by Gabrielle Yerta
"I daresay I shall be able to do all you require, without feeling it any extra trouble, unless you are very helpless," said Mrs. Doddery, who was on her knees unstrapping one of the portmanteaux.
From Vixen, Volume III. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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Frankenstein
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