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Portmanteau

by Eric Hunley

What do you have when you want to combine two words because you are too lazy to spit them both out? A portmanteau. With Eric Hunley

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  1. Podcast

    This one has to be done if not for anything, the meta aspect of things. Podcast - "iPod" and "Broadcast"... Or is it? Ben Hammersley original accidentally coined the term podcasting in an article as he explains on the BBC program Radio Four in 4. So where do we get the portmanteau of iPod and...

  2. Frenemy

    Frenemy, or the plural frenemies, combines Friend and Enemy thus making it both a Portmanteau and an oxymoron or "contradiction in terms." The earliest printed use of the term was from gossip columnist Walter Winchell in the Nevada State Journal article "Howz about calling the Russians our...

  3. Brexit

    Brexit - "British" and "exit" references the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. This term was first coined by Peter Wilding, the chairman of British Influence, in a 2012 blog post called "Stumbling Towards the Brexit." Brexit culminates after several decades of history....

  4. Infomercial

    This episode was chosen by a poll on Twitter. The poll had Infomercial, Infotainment, Bennifer, and Brangelina. The latter two had zero votes - so I someone is trying to tell me something. On to the winner -Infomercial. "Information" plus "Commercial." is actually a more recent version of an...

  5. Trailer

    Brexit, Bennifer, Brangelina. Infotainment infomercial and podcast .What do these all have in common? They're portmanteaus, sometimes called Frankenwords. These were first used by Lewis Carroll in "Through the Looking-Glass" and we are surrounded by by them everywhere we look. This new show -...

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What do you have when you want to combine two words because you are too lazy to spit them both out? A portmanteau. With Eric Hunley

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Eric Hunley

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What do you have when you want to combine two words because you are too lazy to spit them both out? A portmanteau. With Eric Hunley

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