A portmanteau is a linguistic blend of two words where parts of both words are combined to create a new word. It is commonly used in English to describe a word that merges the sounds and meanings of two existing words.
A portmanteau is a large suitcase. By extension, a portmanteau word is one that packs two meanings into one word: brunch (breakfast and lunch); smog (smoke and fog); slithy (slippery and lithe); slanguage (slang and language) Portmanteau words are also called "blend words" and "telescope words."
It's a combination of multiple words. For example 'smog' is a portmanteau of 'smoke' and 'fog'.
The word is possibly 'bodacious' which is a portmanteau of 'bold' and 'audacious'.
From bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net: Sudowoodo is a portmanteau of pseudo-, prefix meaning false, and wood.
"Portmanteau" is not eponymous; that is, it is not derived from someone's name. Lewis Carroll coined a special use of the word in Through the Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There. In that book, Humpty Dumpty explains the meaning of the poem "Jabberwocky" to Alice. When he gets to the word "slithy," he says, "Well, 'slithy' means 'lithe and slimy'. 'Lithe' is the same word as 'active'. You see, it's like a portmanteau -- there are two meanings packed into one word." Why did Carroll choose portmanteau for "packing two meanings into one word"? Because the original meaning of the word is "suitcase."
its called portmanteau , meaning two words that have combined to make one. like ginormous > gigantic and enormous portmanteau is a french word. but used in English...hope that helps
The spelling fabulicious is a slang term meaning exquisite, a portmanteau of the words "fabulous" and "delicious."(It is not a formal English word.)
A neologism for a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a neologism. It is itself a portmanteau of 'malapropism' and 'portmanteau'.A malamanteau is a neologism for a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a neologism. It is itself a portmanteau.A word defined to infuriate Wikipedia editors
"Animagus" is a portmanteau word, dropping the last letter of "animal" and overlapping the previous two with "magus", meaning "magician".
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Portmanteau' is an old-fashioned word for a suitcase or trunk that opens in two parts. Its origins are from the French word meaning to carry.
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