Portmanteaux - Page 3

timebug · 08-03-2022, 03:28 AM

A friend of mine uses 'chillax' all the time. Chill and relax combined. I hate it!

arjaybe · 08-06-2022, 11:15 AM

Chillax sounds like a millennial portmanteau. Here's a site that explores the millennial fascination with them. Especially cronuts. Ever had one? Don't think I have.

DNSB · 08-06-2022, 09:42 PM

I've had cronuts at a couple of places around here. The 49th Parallel Coffee had the best of the ones I've tried. It was positively sweetilicious (a word that one of my nieces is very fond of).

arjaybe · 08-08-2022, 01:02 PM

Sounds tasty. Now that the skies are filling up again, airportation is leaving a lot of contrails.

Nobody said you couldn't make them up, eh.

PoP · 08-10-2022, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Does a Unicode glyph really qualify as a sign?

The angzarr is a sign of bureaucratic inertia.

DNSB · 08-10-2022, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PoP

The angzarr is a sign of bureaucratic inertia.

Posting in the Portmanteaux forum without a portmanteaux is a sign of poor netiquette.

And why move the discussion from the Give Us A Sign! forum?

PoP · 08-10-2022, 12:27 PM

Because it is a portmanteau of angle-zigzag-arrow.

DNSB · 08-10-2022, 03:28 PM

This is fast becoming a nonversation.

arjaybe · 08-10-2022, 06:11 PM

I kind of like the way a glyph became a portmanteau, though. Good one PoP. Now I'm trying to make a word to describe the process. Wracking my brain... Nothing's coming to me.

PoP · 08-10-2022, 08:22 PM

^ @arjaybe, Thank you. Transmogrified perhaps ‽

DNSB · 08-10-2022, 11:24 PM

I am dumbfounded that you would choose that word!

Extra points for emoticons?

arjaybe · 08-11-2022, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PoP

^ @arjaybe, Thank you. Transmogrified perhaps ‽

Possibly, but it's general. Could apply to anything. Have you got something that would work specifically with a symbol becoming a word?

Ooh. Maybe portmanglyphics? Combining portmanteau with hieroglyphics.

DNSB · 08-11-2022, 03:47 PM

Too many portmanteaux are fugly. Not to mention portmanteau is itself a portmanteau.

arjaybe · 08-18-2022, 06:24 PM

How about the ignominies we foist on our pets, such as labradoodle?

DNSB · 08-18-2022, 06:52 PM

I like my son's goldendoodle. Though many of those portmanteau dog names are enough to make me a member of the bitterati.

08-03-2022, 03:28 AM	#31
timebug Ancient Sage Posts: 14,585 Karma: 15493448 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Derby U.K. Device: Kobo Reader	A friend of mine uses 'chillax' all the time. Chill and relax combined. I hate it!

08-06-2022, 11:15 AM	#32
arjaybe Wizard Posts: 1,069 Karma: 12500000 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Okanagan Device: Sony PRS-650, Kobo Clara	Chillax sounds like a millennial portmanteau. Here's a site that explores the millennial fascination with them. Especially cronuts. Ever had one? Don't think I have.

08-06-2022, 09:42 PM	#33
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,210 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I've had cronuts at a couple of places around here. The 49th Parallel Coffee had the best of the ones I've tried. It was positively sweetilicious (a word that one of my nieces is very fond of).

08-08-2022, 01:02 PM	#34
arjaybe Wizard Posts: 1,069 Karma: 12500000 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Okanagan Device: Sony PRS-650, Kobo Clara	Sounds tasty. Now that the skies are filling up again, airportation is leaving a lot of contrails. Nobody said you couldn't make them up, eh.

08-10-2022, 12:27 PM	#37
PoP curly᷂͓̫̙᷊̥̮̾ͯͤͭͬͦͨ ʎʌɹnɔ Posts: 3,018 Karma: 50506927 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: ♁ ᴺ₄₅°₃₀' ᵂ₇₃°₃₇' ±₆₀" Device: K3₃.₄.₃ PW3&4₅.₁₃.₃	Because it is a portmanteau of angle-zigzag-arrow.

08-10-2022, 03:28 PM	#38
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,210 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	This is fast becoming a nonversation.

08-10-2022, 06:11 PM	#39
arjaybe Wizard Posts: 1,069 Karma: 12500000 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Okanagan Device: Sony PRS-650, Kobo Clara	I kind of like the way a glyph became a portmanteau, though. Good one PoP. Now I'm trying to make a word to describe the process. Wracking my brain... Nothing's coming to me.

08-10-2022, 08:22 PM	#40
PoP curly᷂͓̫̙᷊̥̮̾ͯͤͭͬͦͨ ʎʌɹnɔ Posts: 3,018 Karma: 50506927 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: ♁ ᴺ₄₅°₃₀' ᵂ₇₃°₃₇' ±₆₀" Device: K3₃.₄.₃ PW3&4₅.₁₃.₃	^ @arjaybe, Thank you. Transmogrified perhaps ‽

08-10-2022, 11:24 PM	#41
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,210 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I am dumbfounded that you would choose that word! Extra points for emoticons?

08-11-2022, 03:47 PM	#43
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,210 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Too many portmanteaux are fugly. Not to mention portmanteau is itself a portmanteau.

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08-18-2022, 06:24 PM	#44
arjaybe Wizard Posts: 1,069 Karma: 12500000 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Okanagan Device: Sony PRS-650, Kobo Clara	How about the ignominies we foist on our pets, such as labradoodle?

08-18-2022, 06:52 PM	#45
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,210 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I like my son's goldendoodle. Though many of those portmanteau dog names are enough to make me a member of the bitterati.