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portmanteau word

noun as in combination word

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With titles like “Shape Up, Says Doctor Death” and “Everybody Has a Fatal Disease,” not to mention the darkly comical portmanteau word “cremaindered,” she exhibits gallows humor.

In Week 1341 the Empress asked for new portmanteau words, in which two words are mashed together, along with a description of the result.

Still running — deadline Monday night, July 29: our contest for portmanteau words.

Among the innumerable neologism contests put up by the Empress and, before her, the Czar have been those for portmanteau words — words that combine two existing words.

A brave new portmanteau word for a brave new portmanteau victual.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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