Portmanteau words are a combination of two other words to form a new word with a combined meaning. For example, blog is a combination of web + log = blog. Some other common portmanteau words: brunch = breakfast + lunch, camcorder = camera + recorder, spork = spoon plus fork. I recently heard some new fun ones that I might start using: jelly = jealous + happy, and voluntold = asked but also told (expected) to volunteer. Do you know have any portmanteau words you like?
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