Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Word of the Day

Portmanteau-

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

2.A word used broadly to mean a blend of two (or more) words and their meanings into one new word.

e.g. Movember (Moustache and November) or Thants (Thanks and Ants)
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2 comments:

  1. katherine morganNovember 11, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    Thanks for your highly topical report (topport), Tristan.

    Thristan.

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  2. Hoisted By His Own PetardNovember 12, 2009 at 11:35 AM

    What if you want to combine portmanteau with another word? like november? for a handy ---portmanteauvember? is this within legal bounds of the word's second sense?

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