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| port·man·teau word (plural port·man·teau words) |
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combination word: a word that combines the sound and meaning of two words, e.g. "smog," a combination of "smoke" and "fog"
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| [< the description (in Lewis Carroll'sThrough the Looking Glass) of the word slithy as a "portmanteau" because "there are two meanings packed up into one word"] |
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