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A portmanteau (i/pɔːrtˈmæntoʊ/, /ˌpɔːrtmænˈtoʊ/; plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux /-ˈtoʊz/) or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words, in which parts of multiple words, or their phones (sounds), and their meanings are combined into a new word. Originally, the word "portmanteau" refers to a suitcase that opens into two equal sections.
A portmanteau word fuses both the sounds and the meanings of its components, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, or motel, from motor and hotel. In linguistics, a portmanteau is defined as a single morph which represents two or more morphemes.
The definition overlaps with the grammatical term contraction, but contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence, such as do and not to make don't, whereas a portmanteau word is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept which the portmanteau describes.
A portmanteau should also be distinguished from a compound, which does not involve the truncation of parts of the stems of the blended words. For instance, starfish is a compound, not a portmanteau, of star and fish; whereas a hypothetical portmanteau of star and fish might be stish.
Dig In - Portmanteau From the live EP “Portmanteau” (available at https://portmanteaumsc.bandcamp.com) Vocals - Theo Tantanozis Trumpet - Simon Dennis Tenor Sax - Will Howard Baritone Sax - Andrew Cox Guitar - Jonathan Brown Keyboards - Ashley Henry Bass - Thomas Maddison Percussion - Fred Harper Drums - Tom Hawthorn Mix Engineer - Jack Davis Mastering Engineer - George Geurin Recording Engineer - Chris Jones Recorded live at Southby Productions 2014 Also available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/portmanteau-ep/id994899572 Find us at: https://www.facebook.com/PortmanteauMSC https://twitter.com/PortmanteauMSC https://instagram.com/portmsc/ http://www.portmanteauofficial.com/
For SIGBOVIK 2015 I did this little hack to produce a portmanteau (that's a jammin' together of two words, like caviar + armpit = caviarmpit) of all 100,000+ words in English. This video is a little illustrated tutorial of what that means and how I did it. I hope it's fun! Software and the word: http://tom7.org/portmantout
This video will discuss what a portmanteau word is and how it is different from other similar types of words. More examples are on the blog this video is linked to at www.aaronsenglishpage.wordpress.com.
written and recorded from may to july of 2009 in columbus, ohio guitars, bass, drum sequencing, tracking, mixing, mastering, and cover art by ben sharp
Welcome to HaggardHawks on YouTube! Every week throughout 2016, we’re posting a new video looking at 10 different words as part of our #500Words series—and this week, it’s 10 Portmanteau... MORE WORDS LIKE THESE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5xweVztXyw WORD DROPS A word association chain of 1000 fascinating HaggardHawks words and facts, available now! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Word-Drops-Pa... ...AND IN THE USA: http://www.amazon.com/Word-Drops-Spri... FOLLOW HAGGARD HAWKS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/haggardhawks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/haggardhawks Blog: http://haggardhawksblog.blogspot.co.uk/ FOLLOW PAUL ANTHONY JONES: Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulanthjones Website: http://www.paulanthonyjones.com/ * * * 10 PORTMANTEAU WORDS 1. CHORTLE (OED) 2. GALUMP...
Makes Me Wanna Stay - Portmanteau From the EP “The Baker” (available at https://portmanteaumsc.bandcamp.com) Vocals - Theo Tantanozis Trumpet - Simon Dennis Tenor Sax - Will Howard Baritone Sax - Andrew Cox Guitar - Conall Mulvenna Organ - Martin Longhawn Bass - Thomas Maddison Percussion - Ali Mac Drums - Tom Hawthorn Mix/Recording Engineer - Tim Thomas Video - Tom Hawthorn Recorded at ATA Studios, 2016 Also available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-baker-ep/id1135405715 Find us at: https://www.facebook.com/PortmanteauMSC https://twitter.com/PortmanteauMSC https://instagram.com/portmsc/ http://www.portmanteauofficial.com/
Trailer for Portmanteau's new EP - 'The Baker' Release date - July 15 Available at https://portmanteaumsc.bandcamp.com Find us at: https://www.facebook.com/PortmanteauMSC https://twitter.com/PortmanteauMSC https://instagram.com/portmsc/ http://www.portmanteauofficial.com/
Über Portmanteau - Elektronik mit Schlagzeug - Greulix Schrank (u.a. Schweisser, Iso68) und Taison Heiß (u.a. Lali Puna, Dolby Buster, u.v.m.) - Studiobetreiber, Produzententeam, Theatermusiker, Band - Erste EP "Cosy" 2002 im Eigenvertrieb - Erstes Album "Akja", erschien am 9. Mai 2008 als Download, CD und 180 g Vinyl auf "biegen & brechen" http://www.myspace.com/portmanteaumusic
Portmanteau live footage from Fiesta Bombarda at Sefton Park Palm House, Liverpool Music - 'Don't Need The Money' from new EP 'The Baker' out July 15th 2016 Bandcamp: https://portmanteaumsc.bandcamp.com Website: http://www.portmanteauofficial.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PortmanteauMSC/?fref=ts
As you can read in the title, portmanteau morphs will be the topic of this video. There are quite different notions of the term portmanteau, which I tried to cover in this video as well. Answer to the question: Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and many other novels for which he needed some new words.