Portmanteau

  • 51portmanteau word — portman′teau word n. ling. blend 7) • Etymology: 1880–85 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 52Californication (portmanteau) — Californication is a portmanteau of California and fornication, written about in Time on August 211972 and seen on bumper stickers in the U.S. states of Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, [cite web url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3… …

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  • 53Border towns in the United States with portmanteau names — A list of border towns in the United States with portmanteau names to indicate the border they are near:Border town portmanteaus* Calexico, California (California and Mexico) (Also see Mexicali) * Cal Nev Ari, Nevada (California, Nevada, and… …

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  • 54Cunnamulla portmanteau — /ˌkʌnəmʌlə pɔtˈmæntoʊ/ (say .kunuhmuluh pawt mantoh) noun (formerly) a sugar bag used to carry one s belongings. {from Cunnamulla} …

  • 55Portmanteaus — Portmanteau Port*man teau, n.; pl. {Portmanteaus}. [F. porte manteau; porter to carry + manteau a cloak, mantle. See {Port} to carry, and {Mantle}.] A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys. Thackeray.… …

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  • 56portmanteaumorph — portmanteau morph n. 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.” * * * …

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  • 57portmanteauword — portmanteau word n. A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words, as chortle, from chuckle and snort. * * * …

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  • 58Dog hybrid — This article is about hybrids of two or more dog breeds. For hybrids of dogs with other species, see Wolf dog hybrid. For dogs of unknown mixed origin, see Mixed breed dog. A pointer dalmatian cross. A dog hybrid is a crossbreed of two or more… …

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  • 59Kofferwort — Ein Kofferwort, Schachtelwort oder Portmanteau ist ein Kunstwort, das aus mindestens zwei Wortsegmenten besteht, die zu einem inhaltlich neuen Begriff verschmolzen sind. Der zugrundeliegende Wortbildungsprozess wird als Amalgamierung oder… …

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  • 60Mot-Valise — Un mot valise est un néologisme formé par la fusion d au moins deux autres mots existant dans la langue[1],[2]. Il peut s agir d une haplologie : une même syllabe constitue à la fois la fin d un mot et le début d un autre, et le procédé… …

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