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portmanteau

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1. portmanteau - Noun

2. portmanteau - Adjective

3. portmanteau - Verb

Meaning

A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The word 'conservative' is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious, naïve, guilt-ridden, wet, pink orthodoxy of that sunset home of the third-rate minds of that third-rate decade, the nineteen-sixties. Norman Tebbit

`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog' Source: Internet

`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel' Source: Internet

`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau Source: Internet

A Mobot competing in the annual Mobot challenge * Mobot – "Mobot,' a portmanteau for "mobile robot," is an annual competition at Carnegie Mellon that made its debut in 1994. Source: Internet

Another critique is aimed mainly at " algeny " (a portmanteau of alchemy and genetics), which Jeremy Rifkin defined as "the upgrading of existing organisms and the design of wholly new ones with the intent of 'perfecting' their performance". Source: Internet

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