peon (also pion): orderly or messenger.
The noun 'peon' is a common gender word, a word for a male or a female landless laborer.
no...the word is monumental yes It's a "portmanteau word" monumental + momentous = monumentous - means "very significant" first appearance in the year 1896 (google book search...)
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
It is a portmanteau of the word "sh*t" (vulgar word for defecation) and the word "fart" (rude word for expelling intestinal gas). So it means that you think you are just expelling gas and you end up defecating in your pants.
James Joyce in 'Finnegans Wake'
"bland"+"banged"=Blanged
"bland"+"banged"=Blanged
The noun 'peon' is a common gender word, a word for a male or a female landless laborer.
slang word person that gets pushed around pissed on( peon)
A portmanteau word belongs to the category of word formation, specifically blending, where two words are combined to create a new word with a combined meaning.
Motorcade.
In the book The Watson's Go to Birmingham the toilet is glugging after one of the kids tries to flush a bunch of stuff. I think that it is a combo of gurgle and plug............... Isn't "glugging" an example of onomatopoeia (a word that sounds as it means, like POP or SPLAT)? Why should it be a portmanteau word at all?
The word "peon" can be found on page 47 of "The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963" by Christopher Paul Curtis.
no...the word is monumental yes It's a "portmanteau word" monumental + momentous = monumentous - means "very significant" first appearance in the year 1896 (google book search...)
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